The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission, fully assembled with its launch abort system, has moved out of the Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 19, 2021. Orion is on its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will join the already stacked flight hardware and be raised into position atop the Space Launch System rocket in High Bay 3. Launching in 2021, Artemis I will be an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and establish sustainable lunar exploration.

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission, fully assembled with its launch abort system, is moved into the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 19, 2021. In the VAB, Orion will join the already stacked flight hardware and be raised into position atop the Space Launch System rocket in High Bay 3. Launching in 2021, Artemis I will be an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and establish sustainable lunar exploration.

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission, fully assembled with its launch abort system, has moved out of the Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 19, 2021. Orion is on its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will join the already stacked flight hardware and be raised into position atop the Space Launch System rocket in High Bay 3. Launching in 2021, Artemis I will be an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and establish sustainable lunar exploration.

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission, fully assembled with its launch abort system, begins the move out of the Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 19, 2021. Orion will be transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will join the already stacked flight hardware and be raised into position atop the Space Launch System rocket in High Bay 3. Launching in 2021, Artemis I will be an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and establish sustainable lunar exploration.

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission, fully assembled with its launch abort system, moves out of the Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 19, 2021. Orion will be transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will join the already stacked flight hardware and be raised into position atop the Space Launch System rocket in High Bay 3. Launching in 2021, Artemis I will be an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and establish sustainable lunar exploration.

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission, fully assembled with its launch abort system, is moved into the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 19, 2021. In the VAB, Orion will join the already stacked flight hardware and be raised into position atop the Space Launch System rocket in High Bay 3. Launching in 2021, Artemis I will be an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and establish sustainable lunar exploration.

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission, fully assembled with its launch abort system, begins the move out of the Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 19, 2021. Orion will be transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will join the already stacked flight hardware and be raised into position atop the Space Launch System rocket in High Bay 3. Launching in 2021, Artemis I will be an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and establish sustainable lunar exploration.

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission, fully assembled with its launch abort system, moves out of the Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 19, 2021. Orion will be transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will join the already stacked flight hardware and be raised into position atop the Space Launch System rocket in High Bay 3. Launching in 2021, Artemis I will be an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and establish sustainable lunar exploration.

Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team transport NASA’s Orion spacecraft fully assembled with its launch abort system out of the Launch Abort System Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Once at the Vehicle Assembly Building, Orion will be stacked atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in High Bay 3 to prepare for the Artemis II mission set to carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back in early 2026.

Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team transport NASA’s Orion spacecraft fully assembled with its launch abort system out of the Launch Abort System Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Once at the Vehicle Assembly Building, Orion will be stacked atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in High Bay 3 to prepare for the Artemis II mission set to carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back in early 2026.

Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team transport NASA’s Orion spacecraft fully assembled with its launch abort system out of the Launch Abort System Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Once at the Vehicle Assembly Building, Orion will be stacked atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in High Bay 3 to prepare for the Artemis II mission set to carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back in early 2026.

Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team transport NASA’s Orion spacecraft fully assembled with its launch abort system out of the Launch Abort System Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Once at the Vehicle Assembly Building, Orion will be stacked atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in High Bay 3 to prepare for the Artemis II mission set to carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back in early 2026.

Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team transport NASA’s Orion spacecraft fully assembled with its launch abort system out of the Launch Abort System Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Once at the Vehicle Assembly Building, Orion will be stacked atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in High Bay 3 to prepare for the Artemis II mission set to carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back in early 2026.

Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team transport NASA’s Orion spacecraft fully assembled with its launch abort system out of the Launch Abort System Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Once at the Vehicle Assembly Building, Orion will be stacked atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in High Bay 3 to prepare for the Artemis II mission set to carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back in early 2026.

Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team transport NASA’s Orion spacecraft fully assembled with its launch abort system out of the Launch Abort System Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Once at the Vehicle Assembly Building, Orion will be stacked atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in High Bay 3 to prepare for the Artemis II mission set to carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back in early 2026.