Mobile Launcher Move to Pad

With a sunrise serving as the backdrop, Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher is photographed atop crawler-transporter 2 at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B in Florida on June 28, 2019. The mobile launcher began its final solo trek to the pad at midnight on June 27, departing from NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building and continuing its journey up to the pad surface on June 28. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

With a sunrise serving as the backdrop, Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher is photographed atop crawler-transporter 2 at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B in Florida on June 28, 2019. The mobile launcher began its final solo trek to the pad at midnight on June 27, departing from NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building and continuing its journey up to the pad surface on June 28. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

Photographer NASA/Ben Smegelsky
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