NASA - ARTEMIS Mission Exploration-1 patch.
October 20, 2021
Final stacking operations for NASA’s mega-Moon rocket are underway inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as the Orion spacecraft is lifted onto the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis I mission. Engineers and technicians with Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and Jacobs attached the spacecraft to one of the five overhead cranes inside the building and began lifting it a little after midnight EDT.
Photo Credit: Chad Siwik
Next, teams will slowly lower it onto the fully stacked SLS rocket and connect it to the Orion Stage Adapter. This will require the EGS team to align the spacecraft perfectly with the adapter before gently attaching the two together. This operation will take several hours to make sure Orion is securely in place.
NASA will provide an update once stacking for the Artemis I mission is complete.
Related links:
Orion: http://www.nasa.gov/orion
Space Launch System (SLS): http://www.nasa.gov/sls
Exploration Ground Systems (EGS): http://www.nasa.gov/egs
Artemis Program: https://www.nasa.gov/artemis
Image (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA/Amanda Griffin.
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