Preparations are underway to test the aft skirt electrical umbilical (ASEU), the small, gray cone-shaped structure on the ground, at the Launch Equipment Test Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Preparations are underway to test the aft skirt electrical umbilical (ASEU), the small, gray cone-shaped structure on the ground, at the Launch Equipment Test Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The ASEU will connect to the mobile launcher and provide electrical power and data connections to the Space Launch System boosters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy is overseeing the tests. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis