NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen illuminated by spotlights atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Friday, March 18, 2022, after being rollout out to the launch pad for the very first time at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
Around 4:15 a.m. ET on March 18, 2022, the Space Launch System rocket and Orion Spacecraft for the Artemis I objective showed up atop Launch Complex 39B after an almost 11-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen lit up by spotlights atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Friday, March 18, 2022, after being rollout out to the launch pad for the very first time at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Ahead of NASAs Artemis I flight test, the completely stacked and incorporated SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft will undergo a damp dress practice session at Launch Complex 39B to validate systems and practice countdown treatments for the very first launch. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
In the coming days, engineers and technicians will prepare the Artemis I rocket for its last major test– the wet dress practice session. The approximately two-day test will show the groups capability to load cryogenic, or super-cold, propellants into the rocket, carry out a launch countdown, and practice safely removing propellants at the launch pad. After wet gown practice session, engineers will roll the rocket and spacecraft back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for final checkouts prior to launch.
By NASA
March 19, 2022