At 322 feet tall and 3.5 million pounds, it’s one of the largest rockets ever built.
, could fly people and payloads over long distances for far less money. But for now, NASA has its sights set on putting its most heavy-hitting rocket a little closer to the moon, and someday Mars.Teams retracted the first two of 20 platforms surrounding the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft that allow work on the integrated system in High Bay 3 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
In this view looking down in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, the Artemis I Space SLS and Orion spacecraft can be seen without any work platforms surrounding them on March 17, 2022.People and cars crowded the spectator zone at Kennedy Space Center on March, 17, 2022, ahead of the wet dress rehearsal, which started in the pre-dawn hours of March 18.
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