• Home
  • Chemistry
  • Astronomy
  • Energy
  • Nature
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Electronics
  • Artemis Launch Prep: The Crawler That Moves the SLS Rocket to Launchpad 39B
    Artemis Launch Prep: The Crawler That Moves the SLS Rocket to Launchpad 39B

    Credit: CC0 Public Domain

    One of the many milestones in the leadup to the launch of Artemis is its rollout: this is when a crawler will carry the SLS rocket with Orion and ESM from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launchpad 39B.

    NASA's John Giles gives us a tour of the crawler and explains the adaptations made to this "wonderful piece of machinery" since it was first built for the Apollo program in the 1960s. ESA is playing a key role in NASA's Artemis program, which will bring astronauts back to the Moon. The European Service Module—or ESM—will provide propulsion, power and thermal control for the Orion spacecraft.

    Credit: European Space Agency
    Science Discoveries © www.scienceaq.com