NASA has begun assembling the Artemis Space Launch System, an important milestone ahead of future missions to the moon.
“At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers unveiled the first two reduced rocket boosters in 10 segments on Nov. 21 that will power the agency’s first flight of the new deep space rocket,” NASA said in a statement. “Artemis I RMS. I will be an arrogant flight to test rockets and Orion spacecraft as an integrated system before crew flights to the moon with the Artemis program. ”
The booster segments arrived on the train in June from Northrop Grumman’s manufacturing facility in Utah, the space agency said.
“Stacking operations began on November 19. Engineers transported the 525-foot-tall vehicle from the rotation, processing and surge facility to the booster segment in the assembly building.”
NASA test booster rocket to the moon for future Artemis missions
Artemis I’s mission is to take place in 2021.
“The first part of the SLS rocket on the mobile launcher is the main target for the Artemis program,” said Andrew Schrobel, operations flow manager for the civil engineering company Jacobs “It shows that the mission is really taking shape and will soon depart towards the launch pad.”
The space launch system for the Artemis I mission prepares the front parts of solid rocket boosters to move for stacking on the mobile launcher inside the NASA Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
(NASA / Kim Shiftlet)
NASA’s Artemis program aims to return astronauts to the moon in 2024. However, a recent report by NASA’s Inspector General of Inspector General described the 2024 timeline as more ambitious.
Earlier this year NASA tested booster rocket technology that will be used to power future Artemis missions to the moon.
The NASA astronauts in the SP historic Spec EXX crew dragon mission recently became the home of space stations.
Last year, NASA released details of its vision for the Artemis Moon lander that will return astronauts to the lunar surface.
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U.S. It is the only country to have placed astronauts on the moon, finally doing so during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. Only 12 men, all Americans, have set foot on the moon.
Chris Chris of Fox News, and the Associated Press contributed to this article.
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