Path to the Pad -- January 2021 Update

Michael Howard

January 16, 2021

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NASA
January 16, 2021
Michael Howard

NASA invites members of the press to Kennedy Space Center and provides an update on the Artemis 1 mission.

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NASA's Space Launch System core stage pathfinder is suspended over the transfer aisle in preparation for lifting operations. Photo credit: Scott Schilke / We Report Space

KSC Crane Operators Lift Core Stage Pathfinder Six Times During October 2019

NASA SLS
October 19, 2019
Bill Jelen

The Jacobs Company employs 21 overhead crane operators at Kennedy Space Center. The crews had an opportunity to practice with a mock-up of the SLS Core Stage for crane operations in the Vehicle Assembly Building.

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One of the "rainbirds," a water-dispersal device atop the SLS mobile launcher, blankets the launch platform with water during the final flow test at Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

NASA Drops 450,000 Gallons of Water on SLS Mobile Launcher

NASA
October 12, 2019
Michael Howard

NASA releases 450,000 gallons of water in a matter of moments during their seventh and final water flow test at LC-39B in support of the upcoming Artemis / SLS launch.

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Workers from Jacobs watch the Core Stage Pathfinder arrive at KSC. Photo credit: Bill Jelen / We Report Space

SLS Core Stage Test Article Arrives at KSC for Crane Practice

NASA Space Launch System
September 27, 2019
Bill Jelen

A mock-up of the Space Launch Systems (SLS) core stage arrived at Kennedy Space Center today via the Pegasus barge for a month of testing inside the VAB.

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