NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime test and operations contractor Jacobs are busy practicing how to put Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) together in High Bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Working with inert motor segments and booster hardware, the EGS and Jacobs team are running through all the procedures they will use to process the SRB flight hardware for the first Space Launch System (SLS) launch, Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1).
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Atlantis has rolled over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for mating operations ahead of…
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As Discovery continues to sail through her STS-133 mission with flying colors, astronauts Steve Bowen…
Discovery’s return to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) – in order to gain extra data…
Following a one day delay – due to a burst water main at the Kennedy…
Atlantis has rolled over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) – taking in several photo…
Mating operations have been completed in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) ahead of an extended…
Endeavour has completed her rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), ahead of mating with…
STS-130 is set to achieve its latest milestone, as Endeavour prepares to rollover to the…