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[b]Artemis I Rocket Boosters Stacked on Mobile Launcher[/b] Stacking is complete for the twin Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters for NASA's Artemis I mission. [i][b]Above[/b]: The Space Launch System twin solid rocket boosters are fully assembled and stacked on the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 3, 2021.[/i] (NASA/Isaac Watson) Over several weeks, workers used one of five massive cranes to place 10 booster segments and nose assemblies on the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers with Exploration Ground Systems placed the first segment on Nov. 21, 2020, and continued the process until the final nose assembly was placed on March 2. Prior to the arrival of the core stage, the team will finish installing electrical instrumentation and pyrotechnics, then test the systems on the boosters. When the SLS core stage arrives at Kennedy, technicians will transport it to the VAB and then stack it on the mobile launcher between the two boosters. The SLS will be the most powerful rocket in the world, producing up to 8.8 million pounds of thrust during its Artemis I launch. "Seeing the Space Launch System solid rocket boosters stacked completely on the Mobile Launcher for the first time makes me proud of the entire team especially the Exploration Ground Systems crew at Kennedy who are assembling them and also the teams at Marshall and Northrop Grumman who designed, tested and built them," said Bruce Tiller, the SLS boosters manager at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. "This team has created the tallest, most powerful boosters ever built for flight, boosters that will help launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon."
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