{"id":23451,"date":"2020-03-05T00:12:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/the-mysterious-months-long-period-between-space-launch-system-delivery-and-launch\/"},"modified":"2020-03-05T00:12:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T16:12:29","slug":"the-mysterious-months-long-period-between-space-launch-system-delivery-and-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/the-mysterious-months-long-period-between-space-launch-system-delivery-and-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"The mysterious months-long period between Space Launch System delivery and launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is the video of NASA\u2019s Steve Jurcyk speaking at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory last week where he shared the 2021 launch target for Artemis I. I\u2019ve transcribed and timestamped the relevant clip.<\/p>\n

I do wonder what all processes are required between early fall 2020 to late 2021. The pieces for Space Launch System will be at Kennedy Space Center for almost a year before launching.<\/p>\n

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\u201cArtemis III is the mission in \u201924 to land crew on the surface of the Moon. And you\u2019ll see that all the elements to do that are in development with one exception. Orion is actually at Plum Brook Station in Ohio completing environmental testing. <\/p>\n

SLS, Boeing completed the integration and testing of the Core Stage, and it\u2019s at Stennis in Slidell, Mississippi, getting prepared for what we call Green Run, or full integrated hot fire test. <\/p>\n

All the other hardware for both Orion and SLS is pretty much ready to go and at Kennedy Space Center in the Vehicle Assembly Building.<\/p>\n

So when you get the Core Stage hopefully in the later summer or early fall-ish timeframe from Stennis to Kennedy we\u2019ll be flowing the vehicle through KSC and integrating for launch in hopefully in the mid- to late- \u201921 timeframe for Artemis I.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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