SLS Reaches Launchpad For Fueling Test Ahead Of Artemis II Launch

SLS at pad

Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft after arriving at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B.

Credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA’s second Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket, topped with an Orion deep-space capsule, was rolled out to its Kennedy Space Center launchpad Jan. 17, setting the stage for a fueling test and practice countdown ahead of launch of the first crewed flight into deep space in...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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