Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) is getting Mobile Launcher-1 (ML-1) ready to roll out to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Pad 39B next week as it moves through the final phases of integration and testing of the combination launch umbilical tower and platform ahead of the Artemis 1 launch. ML-1 is currently going through verification and validation (V&V) testing in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at KSC.
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The Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) team that will launch the first integrated Orion and Space…
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The first integrated Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle that will launch Exploration Mission-1…
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