Charlie Duke and Nicole Stott Visit KSC

From left to right, Adam Leppek, ARES Corporation (KLXSIII), Deputy Element Operations Manager; Dottie Duke, wife of Charlie Duke; Charlie Duke, NASA Astronaut (former); Christina Korp, Assistant to Charlie Duke; Jim Keys, Pilot; Nick Kindred, Jacobs Technology, Flow Manager; and Nicole Stott, NASA Astronaut (former), shown in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 10, 2021. In the background, on the left, is the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. On the right, the NASA “meatball” insignia and ESA (European Space Agency) logos on the European-built service module are visible. Both pieces of hardware will undergo fueling and servicing in the facility ahead of the Artemis I launch by teams from NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and their primary contractor, Jacobs Technology. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test Orion and the Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon.

From left to right, Adam Leppek, ARES Corporation (KLXSIII), Deputy Element Operations Manager; Dottie Duke, wife of Charlie Duke; Charlie Duke, NASA Astronaut (former); Christina Korp, Assistant to Charlie Duke; Jim Keys, Pilot; Nick Kindred, Jacobs Technology, Flow Manager; and Nicole Stott, NASA Astronaut (former), shown in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 10, 2021. In the background, on the left, is the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. On the right, the NASA “meatball” insignia and ESA (European Space Agency) logos on the European-built service module are visible. Both pieces of hardware will undergo fueling and servicing in the facility ahead of the Artemis I launch by teams from NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and their primary contractor, Jacobs Technology. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test Orion and the Space Launch System rocket as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon.

Photographer NASA/Glenn Benson
Location MPPF