La fusée Space Launch System (SLS) de la NASA, avec le vaisseau spatial Orion à son bord, est éclairée par des projecteurs au sommet d’un lanceur mobile dans le complexe de lancement 39B, le vendredi 18 mars 2022, après avoir été déployée sur la rampe de lancement pour la première fois au Centre spatial Kennedy de la NASA en Floride. Crédit : NASA/Joel Kowsky
Vers 4 h 15 du matin ET le 18 mars 2022, la fusée Space Launch System et le vaisseau spatial Orion pour la mission Artemis I sont arrivés au sommet du complexe de lancement 39B après un voyage de près de 11 heures depuis le Vehicle Assembly Building au ;” data-gt-translate-attributes=”[{” attribute=””>NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA’s 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 first time at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Ahead of NASA’s Artemis I flight test, the fully stacked and integrated SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft will undergo a wet dress rehearsal at Launch Complex 39B to verify systems and practice countdown procedures for the first launch. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
In the coming days, engineers and technicians will prepare the Artemis I rocket for its final major test – the wet dress rehearsal. The approximately two-day test will demonstrate the team’s ability to load cryogenic, or super-cold, propellants into the rocket, conduct a launch countdown, and practice safely removing propellants at the launch pad. After wet dress rehearsal, engineers will roll the rocket and spacecraft back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for final checkouts before launch.
