Hardware, software and operating systems for NASA's Space Launch System recently were integrated and powered up for an inaugural run.
From left, Wayne Arrington, Gerald Clayton and Ryan MacKrell, all of The Boeing Company, work on setting up the avionics system in flight configuration in the Systems Integration and Test Facility at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The units, which have powered up successfully and will undergo testing, will guide the most powerful rocket ever built — NASA’s Space Launch System.
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