NASA’s Space Launch System rocket has arrived back on the launch pad ahead of its launch later this month. Together with Orion, the rocket will launch on an uncrewed Artemis I mission around Moon to test technology for future crewed missions. It was originally scheduled to launch last month but had to be returned back to its base. Hurricane IanWhich was on the Florida coast.
After several weeks spent in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida the rocket has returned to Launch Pad 39B where it will launch on Nov 14. It was taken from the VAB by a Crawler with huge potentialNine hours were spent on a journey of 4.2 miles.
NASA says the rocket arrived at the pad around 8:30 AM on November 4. “Teams will continue working to configure SLS and Orion for the upcoming Nov. 14. launch attempt,” the agency wrote in an Up-to-date.
It looks like things will be fine for the next launch attempt. Ready to go. It was a difficult launch for the SLS system. Two previous launches were canceled and there were problems with the liquid hydrogen fuel. This article is an Up-to-dateNASA announced at the end Oct that minor repairs had been made to the rocket, and that engineers had tested several components and reinstalled them.
“Teams recharged, replaced and reinstalled several of the radiation instruments and the crew seat accelerometer inside Orion ahead of the crew module closure for roll,” NASA wrote before the rollout. “Technicians will refresh the specimens for the space biology payload at the launch pad. The crew module and launch abort system hatches are closed for the roll to the pad, and engineers will perform final closeouts at the pad prior to launch.”
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