SLS rolls out to the launch pad
Posted: Sun, Mar 20, 2022, 1:30 PM ET (1730 GMT)
NASA's Space Launch System rolled out to the launch pad for the first time overnight. The mobile launch platform carrying the SLS rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center shortly before 6 pm EDT (2300 GMT) Thursday, arriving at Launch Complex 39B early Friday morning. The vehicle will undergo tests at the pad culminating in a fueling test and countdown rehearsal scheduled for April 3. The SLS will then roll back to the VAB for final checkouts before returning to the pad for the Artemis 1 launch this summer.
NASA's Space Launch System rolled out to the launch pad for the first time overnight. The mobile launch platform carrying the SLS rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center shortly before 6 pm EDT (2300 GMT) Thursday, arriving at Launch Complex 39B early Friday morning. The vehicle will undergo tests at the pad culminating in a fueling test and countdown rehearsal scheduled for April 3. The SLS will then roll back to the VAB for final checkouts before returning to the pad for the Artemis 1 launch this summer.
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