Inside KSC! for June 25, 2021

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will launch Boeing’s first crewed flight test to the International Space Station arrived at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station earlier this week. The rocket’s first stage and Dual Engine Centaur upper stage arrived from ULA’s manufacturing facility in Alabama. And teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs integrated the launch vehicle stage adapter with the Space Launch System’s massive core stage on the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building for Artemis I on June 22. During integration, known as “stacking,” the adapter was bolted to the forward skirt of the core stage.