The Orion service module structural test article for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), built by the European Space Agency, is moved inside NASA's Super Guppy aircraft at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, managed by Space Florida. The module will be secured inside the aircraft and shipped to Lockheed Martin's Denver facility to undergo testing. The Orion spacecraft will launch atop the agency's Space Launch System rocket on EM-1 in 2019. NASA 941 Super Guppy lands to pick up EM-1 Orion Service Module structural test article (KSC-20170623-PH-GEB01 0044)

---

Size: 1936px × 1291px
Photo credit: © NASA Image Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: agency, astronomy, copy, editorial, em-1, european, guppy, module, nasa, news, night, orion, photograph, photography, rocket, service, sky, slf, space, stock, super, testing