Orion Management Tour VAB

NASA’s Orion Program and Lockheed Martin management tour the Vehicle Assembly at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 15, 2021. Speaking to the group about the Space Launch System integration is Mike Bolger, Kennedy’s Exploration Ground Systems manager. The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission, fully assembled with its launch abort system, is stacked on top of the Space Launch System rocket in High Bay 3. Launching in 2021, Artemis I will be an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and establish sustainable lunar exploration.