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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Center Director Bob Cabana talks to media near NASA’s mobile launcher (ML) support structure. The media event was held to detail ML’s use with NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket, which will take astronauts into deep space on missions to asteroids, the moon or Mars. Standing to the left of the podium is NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden. It took about two years to construct the 355-foot-tall ML structure, which will support NASA's future human spaceflight program. The ML can be outfitted with ground support equipment, such as umbilicals and access arms, for future rocket launches. Photo credit: NASA_Dimitri Gerondidakis