GCA/TRS Mate and Breakover for AA-2

A crane moves the mated Thrust Reaction Structure and the Guidance Control Assembly for the Orion Program's Ascent Abort-2 flight test during practice, or pathfinder activities, June 22, 2018, inside the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Many pathfinding tests are being done to the flight hardware in preparation for the April 2019 flight test.

Jacobs technicians, on the Test and Operations Support Contract, practice crane operations with an inert booster rocket segment in the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility on June 22, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Dual cranes were used to move the segment from vertical to horizontal, a maneuver known as a "breakover rotation." As part of routine processing operations for the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the RPSF team will receive all of the solid rocket fuel segments for inspection and preparation prior to transporting them to the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking on the mobile launcher. Many pathfinding operations are being done to prepare for launch of the SLS and Orion spacecraft on Exploration Mission-1 and deep space missions.