SLS Booster Engine Service Platforms Delivery
A flatbed truck carrying one of two new service platforms for NASA's Space Launch System booster engines backs in to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platforms were transported from fabricator Met-Con Inc. in Cocoa, Florida. They will be stored in the VAB, where they will be used for processing and checkout of the engines for the rocket's twin five-segment solid rocket boosters for Exploration Mission-1. EM-1 will launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to a stable orbit beyond the Moon and bring it back to Earth for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
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NASA ID
KSC-20170731-PH_SWW01_0097
Date Created
July 31, 2017
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Bill White
Location
Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)
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