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    NASA Kennedy Team Completes Artemis Emergency Egress System Demonstration 

    Teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are seen entering the Artemis emergency egress baskets on the mobile launcher 1 at Launch Pad 39B as part of a practice demonstration to learn the emergency escape or egress procedures ahead of the Artemis II launch.

    Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center completed an emergency egress system demonstration throughout the course of several days at Launch Complex 39B ahead of the Artemis II test flight that will carry four astronauts around the Moon. The EGS team practiced emergency procedures during day and nighttime …

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    NASA’s Rocket On Roll: Core Stage Arrives at Vehicle Assembly Building

    After completing its journey from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans aboard the Pegasus barge, teams with Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) transport the agency’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) core stage to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Once inside, SLS will be prepared for integration atop the mobile launcher ahead of the Artemis II launch.

    NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission is inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Tugboats and towing vessels moved the barge and core stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where it was manufactured and …

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    NASA’s Artemis Rocket Core Stage Journeys to Florida

    Image shows NASA's Pegasus barge carrying the core stage for the Artemis II launch

    NASA’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission arrived on Tuesday, July 23, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The core stage will help power SLS when it launches four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft during the …

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    NASA Kennedy Teams Complete Water Flow Tests for Artemis II Mission  

    A large amount of water cascades over the edges of the gray mobile launcher at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Droplets of water also spray up through the air, creating a mist.

    Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program successfully completed tests of the ignition overpressure protection and sound suppression and launch cooling systems at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These systems will protect the mobile launcher umbilicals and other crucial ground systems during liftoff of the Artemis II mission.  When …

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    NASA’s Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Prepares for Vacuum Testing

    The Artemis II Orion spacecraft is pictured surrounded by the metal walls of the altitude chamber

    NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission was lifted out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell on June 28 inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The integrated spacecraft has been undergoing final rounds of testing and assembly, including end-to-end performance verification of …

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    NASA Kennedy Teams Test Upgraded Environmental Control System for Artemis II 

    Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program successfully tested the upgraded environmental control system on mobile launcher 1 while it’s at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for Artemis II. This system provides air supply, thermal control, and pressurization to SLS (Space Launch System) and the Orion …

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    NASA’s Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Completes Electromagnetic Testing

    After completing electromagnetic compatibility and interference testing, the Artemis II Orion spacecraft is returned to the FAST cell via crane inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, April 27, 2024.

    On Friday, April 26, engineers completed a series of electromagnetic tests on the integrated Orion crew and service module for NASA’s Artemis II mission inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  During testing, engineers subjected the spacecraft to electromagnetic energy using wave guides, amplifiers, …

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    Women Launching Women: How NASA Mentors Artemis Generation

    Photo shows women of Artemis launch team wearing green for

    On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission lifted off on a Saturn V rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crowds gathered with their eyes craned toward the sky, as NASA set out to make history with their next giant leap – landing astronauts on the Moon.  One historical member watching the launch, …

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    NASA, Intuitive Machines Share Images from the Moon, Provide Science Updates

    Spacecraft descends to lunar surface with lander legs extended

      NASA and Intuitive Machines co-hosted a news conference on Feb. 28 to provide a status update on the six NASA instruments that collected data on the IM-1 mission.   Mission challenges and successes were discussed during the briefing including more than 350 megabits of science data downloaded ready for analysis. During transit, all powered NASA …

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