Mobile Launcher CSITU Swing Testing in VAB

In this view looking up in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a preliminary swing test is being performed on the Core Stage Inter-tank Umbilical (CSITU) on Feb. 22, 2019. The CSITU is a swing-arm umbilical that will connect to the Space Launch System core stage inter-tank. It will provide conditioned air, pressurized gases and power and data connection to the core stage. Exploration Ground Systems at Kennedy is conducting the swing test.

In this view looking up in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a preliminary swing test is being performed on the Core Stage Inter-tank Umbilical (CSITU) on Feb. 22, 2019. The CSITU is a swing-arm umbilical that will connect to the Space Launch System core stage inter-tank. It will provide conditioned air, pressurized gases and power and data connection to the core stage. Exploration Ground Systems at Kennedy is conducting the swing test.

Photographer NASA/Frank Michaux
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