KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE, FL, USA - 12 June 2021 - Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs lower the Space Launch System (SLS)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE, FL, USA - 12 June 2021 - Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs lower the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage – the largest part of the rocket – onto the mobile launcher, in between the twin solid rocket boosters, inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 12, 2021. The 188,000-pound core stage, with its four RS-25 engines, will provide more than 2 million pounds of thrust during launch and ascent, and coupled with the boosters, will provide more than million pounds of thrust to send the Artemis I mission to space. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, as well as establish a sustainable presence on the lunar surface in preparation for human missions to Mars - Photo: Geopix/NASA/Cory Huston
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Location: Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
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