For the first three mission stages adapters help connect and protect the various parts of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft. The cone-shaped launch vehicle stage adapter the two Orion stage adapters are manufactured at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
For the first three mission stages adapters help connect and protect the various parts of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft. The cone-shaped launch vehicle stage adapter the two Orion stage adapters are manufactured at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The launch vehicle stage adapter connects the core stage to the in-space stage, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion System, or ICPS, and separates the two during launch. The Orion stage adapter connects the ICPS to Orion. Shown here are the launch vehicle stage adapter, left for Artemis II and Orion stage adapters for Artemis II and Artemis III.