NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program is stepping into the launch processing flow for the Artemis 1 mission after taking delivery of Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) hardware for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will start the uncrewed lunar orbit mission next year.
SLS Booster prime contractor Northrop Grumman turned over almost all of the SRB hardware to EGS in the last week, and all the Booster hardware should be ready to roll into the VAB by the end of the Summer pending plans to re-synchronize their schedules and begin stacking a few weeks after the Core Stage’s Green Run test-firing takes place.