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Posted on 06/05/2022 1:52:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The rollout will start Monday at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) and take the Artemis 1 stack on a 4-mile (6.4 kilometers), 8-to-12-hour trek from KSC's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad 39B. You can watch parts of it live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA; the agency will apparently livestream views from the VAB when rollout begins and from Pad 39B when the SLS and Orion get there.
This will be the second rollout for Artemis 1. The first occurred in mid-March, when SLS and Orion emerged from the VAB around sunset before an audience of hundreds, backdropped by a rising full moon. It was quite the sight. The timing for this rollout is geared more toward utility than spectacle; an overnight rollout allows for more temperate and more predictable weather during Florida's hot and humid summer months.
Artemis 1's first wet dress rehearsal attempt began April 1 and was supposed to wrap up 48 hours later. It was delayed several times and then ultimately scrubbed after three different tries to fuel the SLS were cut short. A stuck valve and a hydrogen leak in connections between the rocket and its launch tower halted operations during the process of loading cryogenic fuel into the rocket, and Artemis 1 was returned to the VAB on April 25.
The decision to roll the rocket stack back gave NASA the opportunity to fix those issues, as well as get a head start on other scheduled upgrades. For example, in a press call on May 27, Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager for KSC's exploration ground systems, revealed that teams have begun installing payloads for the Artemis 1 mission inside the Orion capsule.
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Thanks for the heads-up!
Surprised the Biden administration hasn’t cancelled the Artemis moon program. Great nations do great things, but this is not what our current rulers want for this country. Instead, they are hurling the U.S. toward third world nation status in rapid fashion.
Biden has absolutely no problems spending money.
Why you think he “cares,” is beyond me.
watch them roll it back to the shed slightly later.
NASA overpriced and underdelivers, typical gov. bureaucracy
If you read my post then it will not be beyond you any more. Geez.
How to separate a fool from his/her money. Worthless crappola.
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