Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis I launch director, looks out the windows of Firing Room One of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center as NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard atop a mobile launcher rolls out of High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building for the first time to Launch Complex 39B. [Courtesy: NASA]
Key Takeaways:
NASA’s Artemis I rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), successfully rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).
This significant event, moving the rocket to the launch pad, followed more than a decade of planning, designing, building, and testing.
After more than a decade of planning, designing, building, and testing, NASA’s Artemis I rocket, dubbed Space Launch System (SLS), rolled out of the gigantic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) Thursday and made its way to the launch pad.
Check out some images from that historic day.
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