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.

In 2021, NASA began rolling out Mobile Launch Platform-1 on Crawler transporter-2 with a concrete ballast on the top to condition the crawlerway to handle the combined weight of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft in the future. [11]

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.

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...

Dec 8, 2022 · Mobile Launcher 1 (ML1, or ML) is on its way back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center after successfully launching the SLS rocket and Orion/European Service...

Jul 31, 2023 · (NASA image) Berdis and everyone working on ML1 are preparing for the launch of Artemis II, which will be a crewed mission, scheduled for launch in late 2024.

Jul 7, 2023 · Under Artemis, the mobile launcher will transport NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39B for liftoff. Artemis II will be the first Artemis...

The mobile launcher (ML) is the ground platform structure that will launch NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft on Arte-mis missions to the Moon and on to Mars. The ML is designed to support the assembly, testing, check-out and servicing of the rocket, as well as transfer it and Orion to the launch pad.