NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, August 17, 2022, after being rolled out to the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. Launch of the uncrewed flight test is targeted for no earlier than August 29. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
Before our Space Launch System (
See Episode One: The Most Powerful Rocket NASA Has Ever Built.
See Episode Two: The Orion Spacecraft.
Video Transcript:
Across the nation are sacred sites that capture the spirit of America’s character and one of those places is right here. The Kennedy Space Center.
Every single vehicle that has carried humans beyond the bounds of low Earth orbit has undergone integration and testing in that vehicle assembly building, crawled down this roadway and launched right here from the Kennedy Space Center.
The Space Launch System mated with the Orion spacecraft will continue this proud tradition.
As soon as we rollout of the Vehicle Assembly Building, High Bay 3, and the world gets a chance to see this rocket, I think, I think it is going to be shocking.
On March 17th,
