Artemis I Orion Lift & Mate

Preparations are underway to lift the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission, fully assembled with its launch abort system, and placed on top of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 20, 2021. The stacking of Orion on top of the SLS completes assembly for the Artemis I flight test. Teams will begin conducting a series of verification tests ahead of rolling out to Launch Complex 39B for the Wet Dress Rehearsal. Artemis I will be an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and establish sustainable lunar exploration.

Date

2021-10-19

Photographer / author

NASA/Frank Michaux

Collection

KSC

Archive

NASA Image and Video Library

Type

photograph

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