NASA's Artemis I Moon Rocket: Vehicle Assembly Building | Kennedy Space Center

NASA's Artemis I Moon Rocket in Vehicle Assembly Building | Kennedy Space Center

The mobile launcher with NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft aboard is seen inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) before it was rolled out to Launch Complex 39B for launch, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. 

As part of the agency’s Artemis I flight test, the fully stacked and integrated SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft is scheduled to liftoff on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. 

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by launching Orion atop the SLS rocket, operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.

All about Artemis I:

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i/

Image Credits: NASA/Ben Smegelsky/Kim Shiflett

Image Capture Dates: Aug. 3-16, 2022

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