SLS On Track For Aug. 18 Rollout To Launchpad

The SLS and Orion capsule, which was last at the launchpad for a practice fueling test in June, is being prepared to be returned to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on Aug. 18.
Credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA is on track to complete work on its first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and roll the vehicle out to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on Aug. 18 ahead of liftoff on the Artemis I flight test. The launch of the SLS, carrying an uncrewed Orion capsule, remains targeted...
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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