BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A vital piece of equipment that will help astronauts return to the moon is now sitting on a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center.
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A crawler and Mobile Launcher-1 made the slow journey to launch pad 39-B on Wednesday.
NASA crews will put Mobile Launcher-1 through a series of tests as they continue to upgrade its ground systems.
Nice Views: Take a look as teams at @NASAKennedy prepare to move the 380-foot-tall mobile launcher 1 atop crawler transporter 2 out to Launch Pad 39B to connect it to the pad for testing. Teams have completed the jacking and leveling process and Artemis launch director Charlie… pic.twitter.com/YrOnxMhcpu
— NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (@NASAGroundSys) August 16, 2023
The 380-foot-tall mobile launcher will be used to assemble, process and launch NASA’s Space Launch System rocket for the agency’s Artemis II mission.
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That’s a crewed flight around the moon on the Orion spacecraft, scheduled for some time next year.
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