If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the flame trench 🔥 . The flame deflector at @NASAKennedy’s Launch Complex 39B will redirect the exhaust and intense heat of @NASA_SLS northward at liftoff, experiencing a peak heat of 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit. Teams with Exploration Ground

RT @NASAArtemis: A jam-packed week for the Artemis II crew — paying homage to the Apollo 1 crew, going through emergency egress exercises,….

The @NASAArtemis II crew visited @NASAKennedy this week! . With teams from NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems, they participated in Emergency Egress System training at Launch Complex 39B and the Vehicle Assembly Building, walked through the crew access arm of mobile launcher 1,

Hitting the road 🚙🗺️. Last weekend, teams transported @NASA_Orion to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility, where they will begin fueling the crew and service modules. After fueling, teams will install the launch abort system on Orion at the Launch Abort System Facility before

Teams transported @NASA_Orion out of the Operations and Checkout building at @NASAKennedy using the Spacecraft Transporter (SCT). This approximately 16-by-16-foot spacecraft is where our @NASAArtemis II crew will live and work on their journey around the Moon.

Last week, teams completed stacking the interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS) atop @NASA_SLS for the @NASAArtemis II mission. The ICPS is an in-space rocket stage that provides propulsion to @NASA_Orion during the first three Artemis missions. Read more about the upper stage

After a short trip down the block, Exploration Ground Systems teams arrived at the Multi-Payload Processing Facility with the @NASAArtemis II @NASA_Orion spacecraft. Here, teams will continue readying the spacecraft ahead of stacking on @NASA_SLS in the Vehicle Assembly Building

The @NASA_Orion Spacecraft is now in the hands of Exploration Ground Systems! Our teams will transport, fuel, and stack the spacecraft, which will carry and sustain the @NASAArtemis II crew to around the Moon and return them safely to Earth.

Now up, mod 7! ⬆️. Tuesday, teams at @NASAKennedy stacked tower module 7 on mobile launcher 2. This module, or mod, holds the Payload Accommodation System that will interface with @NASA_SLS and @NASA_Orion, allowing Exploration Ground Systems teams in the Launch Control Center to

RT @NASA_SLS: Big moves at @NASAKennedy!. Recently, technicians with @NASAGroundSys lifted the fully assembled SLS core stage 225 feet in t….

ICYMI. Last week, mobile launcher 2 gained more height with the addition of tower module 6! This launcher is designed to support multiple configurations of @NASA_SLS for @NASAArtemis missions, including Block 1B crew and cargo missions to the Moon.

The interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS) for the @NASAArtemis II mission has arrived at the Vehicle Assembly Building from the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at @NASAKennedy. Here, teams will stack the ICPS atop the @NASA_SLS Moon rocket.

Teams with @ULAlaunch are back at @NASAKennedy, transporting the @NASAArtemis II interim cryogenic propulsion stage to the Vehicle Assembly Building. This hardware is the upper stage of @NASA_SLS that will propel @NASA_Orion and crew around the Moon.

Exploration Ground Systems teams are preparing to receive the @NASAArtemis II interim cryogenic propulsion stage at @NASAKennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building. Since its arrival last month, teams have readied it for stacking on @NASA_SLS by fueling it with hypergolic propellant.

Stacking of @NASA's Moon rocket continues! . During @NASAArtemis II launch and ascent, the launch vehicle stage adapter will provide structural support and protection to avionics and electrical devices in the @NASA_SLS upper stage from extreme vibrations and acoustic conditions.

Teams with Exploration Ground Systems stacked the launch vehicle stage adapter onto the @NASA_SLS rocket. This adapter connects the core stage to the interim cryogenic propulsion stage responsible for propelling @NASA_Orion and the @NASAArtemis II crew around the Moon 🚀 🌖. Read

Yesterday, teams stacked mod 6 onto mobile launcher 2. This tower module is designed to support the launcher’s vehicle stabilizer, a mechanism that will interface with the @NASA_SLS Block 1B core stage, steadying the massive Moon rocket and releasing at launch. Mobile launcher 2

We are going 🌖 . A banner featuring the @NASAArtemis II mission patch is now displayed in the Vehicle Assembly Building at @NASAKennedy - a reminder to our boots on the ground working to put boots on the Moon that we are going.

RT @NASA: Rocket? Stacking. Crew training? Underway. Mission patch? Ready to go. ✅. The Artemis II mission will embark on its journey aroun….