A lid is lifted off to reveal the interim cryogenic propulsion stage test article, which is similar to the upper part of NASA’s Space Launch System.
A lid is lifted off to reveal the interim cryogenic propulsion stage test article, which is similar to the upper part of NASA’s Space Launch System. On the first flight of SLS with NASA’s deep-space craft, the ICPS is the liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen-based system that will give Orion the big, in-space push needed to fly beyond the moon before it returns to Earth.
Image Credit: NASA/MSFC/Emmett Given