In a story posted an hour ago at Associated Press, Janet McConnaughey
reports from the
NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans that
crews are working day and night on the Space Launch System rocket
in the attempt to have it ready for the Artemis 1 test flight for the second
quarter of next year.
The rocket is said to be 80% complete.
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Originally Posted by Janet McConnaughey, AP
In December, the giant rocket is to be transported on the NASA barge Pegasus to Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama for testing. When topped with the Orion spacecraft and its fuel tank, it will stand 322 feet (98 meters) high — taller than the Statue of Liberty but shorter than the Saturn V rocket that launched the Skylab space station and the Apollo program that carried men to the moon.
The rocket section currently being assembled at Michoud will hold four RS-25 engines of the kind that propelled space shuttles.
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Story and pictures here :-
https://www.apnews.com/3798d3ebcde84a809542d8e0b5656973
NASA Michoud Assembly Facility web site (more pictures) :-
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshal...oud/index.html
