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    Mobile Launch Umbilicals and Support Fact Sheet

    Cropped screen capture of fact sheet including title, first paragraph and graphic of launcher and rocket

    NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will be assembled, processed and transported to the launch pad on a mobile launcher featuring a tower equipped with umbilicals connecting power, communications, fuel and other commodities to the vehicle. For more information on the Mobile Launcher umbilicals and support systems, download the fact sheet at: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ml_umbilicals20160523.pdf

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    Newly Installed VAB Platform H will Provide Access to SLS Booster Segments

    Workers inside the VAB prepare for installation of Platform H North inside High Bay 3

    The Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida reached a new level of preparation for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft. Platform H North was installed Tuesday in the iconic facility’s High Bay 3; its corresponding half, Platform H South, will be lowered into place today. Platform H will …

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    Fact Sheet Highlights New VAB Work Platforms for SLS

    Artist's concept depicting work platforms inside VAB High Bay 3

    New work platforms being installed in Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building will provide access for testing and processing NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The rocket will launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SLS will be capable of …

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    Liquid Hydrogen Tanker Flex Hose Fit Check at Launch Pad 39B

    Liquid Hydrogen Tanker Flex Hose Fit Check at Launch Pad 39B

    Engineers and technicians on the Test and Operations Support Contract go over procedures with liquid hydrogen (LH2) provider PRAXAIR April 28 to prepare for a fit check of the new LH2 transfer flex hose at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. LH2 provider PRAXAIR connected the transfer flex hose from its …

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