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NASA image: Artemis II Booster Stack #10 Post Lift
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Feb 14, 2025

Artemis II Booster Stack #10 Post Lift

Technicians with Exploration Ground Systems integrate the right forward segment atop the center forward segment on...

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NASA image: AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate
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May 23, 2019

AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate

The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test is hoisted...

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NASA image: AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate
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May 23, 2019

AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate

The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test is hoisted...

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NASA image: Artemis II Booster Stack #10 Post Lift
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Feb 14, 2025

Artemis II Booster Stack #10 Post Lift

Technicians with Exploration Ground Systems integrate the right forward segment atop the center forward segment on...

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NASA image: Artemis II Stacking Booster 2 Lift in VAB
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Nov 22, 2024

Artemis II Stacking Booster 2 Lift in VAB

Artemis II 2nd Booster was lifted onto the zero deck of the mobile launcher platform in the VAB Highbay 3

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NASA image: AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate
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May 23, 2019

AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate

The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test arrives at...

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NASA image: AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate
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May 23, 2019

AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate

The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test is hoisted...

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NASA image: AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate
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May 23, 2019

AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate

The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test is moved by...

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NASA image: AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate
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May 23, 2019

AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate

The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test is moved by...

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NASA image: AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate
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May 23, 2019

AA-2 Stack at SLC-46; Lift and Mate

The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test arrives at...

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NASA image: Core Stage Lift to Vertical for Move to High Bay 3
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Mar 22, 2025

Core Stage Lift to Vertical for Move to High Bay 3

Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and primary contractor Amentum, use a massive crane to lift to vertical...

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NASA image: Core Stage Lift to Vertical for Move to High Bay 3
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Mar 22, 2025

Core Stage Lift to Vertical for Move to High Bay 3

Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and primary contractor Amentum, use a massive crane to lift to vertical...

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NASA image: KSC-2009-1419
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Jan 29, 2009

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The yellow framework at center is the lifting fixture nicknamed the "Birdcage" that will have...

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NASA image: KSC-2009-1420
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Jan 29, 2009

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The yellow framework seen here is the lifting fixture nicknamed the "Birdcage" that will have...

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NASA image: KSC-2009-4593
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Aug 11, 2009

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

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NASA image: KSC-2009-4594
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Aug 11, 2009

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

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NASA image: KSC-2009-4595
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Aug 11, 2009

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

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NASA image: KSC-01PADIG-222
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May 30, 2001

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the workers, standing on lifts, who are checking the bolts on the...

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NASA image: KSC-01pp1044
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May 30, 2001

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the workers, standing on lifts, who are checking the bolts on the...

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NASA image: KSC-2009-4441
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Aug 4, 2009

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

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NASA image: KSC-2009-4440
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Aug 4, 2009

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

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NASA image: KSC-2009-4442
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Aug 4, 2009

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward assembly (nose cap and frustum) is lifted away from the solid rocket booster (SRBThe destacking is part of time and cycle activities.  The SRB was part of the stack on Atlantis originally scheduled for a March 1, 2003, launch on mission STS-114.  The SRBs and external tank were demated in February 2003.   The mission is now scheduled to occur no earlier than Sept. 12, 2004, on Atlantis.
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Dec 9, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward assembly (nose cap and frustum) is lifted away from the solid rocket booster (SRBThe destacking is part of time and cycle activities. The SRB was part of the stack on Atlantis originally scheduled for a March 1, 2003, launch on mission STS-114. The SRBs and external tank were demated in February 2003. The mission is now scheduled to occur no earlier than Sept. 12, 2004, on Atlantis.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward assembly (nose cap and frustum) is lifted...

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NASA image: KSC-2013-1976
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Apr 11, 2013

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A crane lifts a segment for a set of twin, full-size replica Solid Rocket Boosters SRBs in...

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