Construction workers assist as a crane lifts the Core Stage Forward Skirt Umbilical into position for installation on the mobile launcher tower at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher tower will be equipped with a number of lines, called umbilicals that will connect to the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). The CSFSU will be located at about the 180-foot level on the tower, above the liquid oxygen tank. The CSFSU is an umbilical that will swing into position to provide connections to the core stage forward skirt of the SLS rocket, and then swing away before launch. Its main purpose is to provide conditioned air/GN2 to the SLS core stage forward skirt cavity. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing installation of the umbilicals.
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KSC-20170525-PH_LCH01_0171
Date Created
May 25, 2017
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KSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Frank Michaux and Leif Heim
Location
Mobile Launcher
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Core Stage Forward Skirt Umbilical Installation onto Mobile Laun
May 25, 2017
Core Stage Forward Skirt Umbilical Installation onto Mobile Laun
May 25, 2017
Core Stage Forward Skirt Umbilical Installation onto Mobile Laun
May 25, 2017
Core Stage Forward Skirt Umbilical Installation onto Mobile Laun
May 25, 2017