Mobile Launcher 1 - NASA
Dec 2, 2024 · Mobile launcher 1 is the ground structure that is used to assemble, process, and launch NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for missions to deep space destinations, such as the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
The mobile launcher 1 (ML1) is the ground structure used to assemble, process, and launch NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket (Block 1 configuration) and Orion spacecraft from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for missions to deep space destinations such as the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Mobile launcher platform - Wikipedia
Formerly called Mobile Launchers (ML), the mobile launcher platforms were constructed for transporting and launching the Saturn V rocket for the Apollo program lunar landing missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Each ML originally had a single exhaust vent for the Saturn V's engines.
NASA modifies ML-1 for Artemis II, ML-2 under construction for …
Sep 5, 2023 · As construction begins to assemble the Mobile Launcher-2 (ML-2) for Artemis IV, Mobile Launcher-1 (ML-1) secured its position once again back on top of Launch Complex 39B for pad validation and...
NASA currently plans to utilize ML-1 to launch Artemis I, Artemis II, Artemis III, and possibly a science mission to a moon of Jupiter. The Agency is also developing a second mobile launcher (ML-2) for future, larger variants of the SLS.
EGS rolls ML-1 out to Pad 39B for Summer of testing
Jun 27, 2019 · Installation and checkout of systems on the mobile umbilical tower and launch platform is nearing completion and the tests at Pad 39B will verify that they are ready to support their first pad...
NASA’s ML-1 Completes Testing at LC-39B ahead of SLS Stacking
Oct 31, 2020 · NASA’s Mobile Launcher-1, or ML-1, has rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building after completing a series of tests at Launch Complex-39B (LC-39B). This marks the last trip to the launch pad...
NASA’s moon program mobile launcher rolls back to the launch …
Aug 16, 2023 · NASA’s 380-foot-tall mobile launcher (ML1) began making its way from its parking spot near the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at 8:27 a.m. EDT (1227 UTC) out towards Launch Complex 39B. This is...
• Tower: 40 feet square, about 345 feet tall, 662 steps • Tower floor levels: generally every 20 feet for personnel access to vehicle and ground support equipment
ARTEMIS MISSION UPDATE: NASA Structural Engineer Jesse Berdis …
Jul 31, 2023 · NASA’s mobile launcher is shown atop crawler-transporter 2 as it makes its way to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. (NASA image) Berdis and everyone working on ML1 are preparing for the...