News Archive / Tagged: Exploration Ground Systems
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What goes out, must come back: NASA moves Mobile Launcher to VAB for year of work leading to EM-1
Curt GodwinSeptember 9th, 2018KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- After journeying out to Launch Pad 39B for several days of fit checks and tests, NASA has rolled the 11-million pound (4.99-million kilogram) Mobile Launcher (ML) back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for further work.
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ICPS umbilical installed on SLS mobile launcher
Collin SkocikApril 3rd, 2018The road to the first flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) took another step forward March 21, 2018, when one of the last of the big swing arms was installed on the mobile launcher at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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Mobile launcher gets Orion crew access arm, inches closer to completion
Curt GodwinMarch 3rd, 2018KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Workers with NASA's Exploration Ground Systems at Kennedy Space Center recently passed another landmark in their effort to prepare the center's infrastructure for the maiden launch of the Space Launch System.