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Fact Sheets
Exploration Ground Systems
Learn more about NASA's Exploration Ground Systems.
Orion Facilities
Learn more about the facilities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida used to process the agency's Orion spacecraft.
Rotation, Processing, and Surge Facility
Learn more about the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at Kennedy – where booster segments of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are prepped before final integration in the Vehicle Assembly Building.
Mobile Launcher Tower Umbilicals and Launch Accessories
Learn more about the umbilicals, or swing arms, that provide power, communications, fuel, and coolant to the SLS rocket.
Launch Control Center
Learn more about how the launch team will operate, monitor, and coordinate the ground equipment for launch of SLS and Orion.
Launch Pad 39B
Learn more about Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B and how it was upgraded to support the Artemis I launch.
Vehicle Assembly Building
Learn more about the Vehicle Assembly Building – the facility that was first used to assemble the Saturn V rocket for Apollo missions to the Moon and later modified to support the assembly of the space shuttle and NASA's SLS rocket.
VAB High Bay 3 Work Platforms
Learn more about the different levels of work platforms inside the VAB that gave team members access to the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft.
Orion Recovery Operations
Learn more about how teams recover the Orion spacecraft following its return to Earth.
Launch Equipment Test Facility
Learn more about Kennedy's Launch Equipment Test Facility and what its used for.
Crawler-Transporters
Learn more about the 6.6-million-pound vehicle used to carry SLS and Orion from the VAB to Launch Pad 39B.
Mobile Launcher 1
Learn more about the ground structure used to assemble, process, and launch NASA's SLS rocket on the Artemis I, II, and III missions.
Mobile Launcher 2
Learn more about the ground structure that will be used to assemble, process, and launch a larger configuration of NASA's SLS rocket.
Infographics
Crawler Infographic
Download this infographic containing interesting facts about NASA's crawler-transporters.
VAB Infographic
Download this infographic containing interesting facts about NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building.
EGS Concept of Operations
Download this infographic showing EGS's concept of operations.
SLS Propellant Loading Infographic
Download this infographic demonstrating how propellant is loaded into NASA's Space Launch System rocket.
SLS Propellant Loading Infographic B
Download this infographic demonstrating how propellant is loaded into the SLS rocket.
Spacecraft Propellant Loading
Download this infographic demonstrating how propellant is loaded into the Orion spacecraft.
Rocket Venting at the Pad
Download this infographic explaining why venting occurs when propellant is loaded into the SLS rocket.
Emergency Egress System
Download this infographic demonstrating how the emergency egress system works for the Artemis missions.
Artemis Mobile Launchers
Download this infographic explaining NASA’s mobile launchers designed for the agency's Artemis missions.
NASA Encyclopedia
Perseverance Mars Rover
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover searched for signs of ancient microbial life, which will advance NASA's quest to explore the past habitability of Mars.
