Artemis 1 will be the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration, and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. During this flight, the spacecraft will launch on the most powerful rocket in the world and fly farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown. It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon over the course of about a three-week mission. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before. With this first exploration mission, NASA is leading the next steps of human exploration into deep space where astronauts will build and begin testing the systems near the Moon needed for lunar surface missions and exploration to other destinations farther from Earth, including Mars. Learn more at: https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1 #artemis Download link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-Artemis%20I%20NASA%E2%80%99s%20Plans%20to%20Travel%20Beyond%20the%20Moon Editor: Sonnet Apple Music: Universal Production Music/"The Wraith"

NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems is doing some heavy lifting on the path to the pad for Artemis I. Take a look around with this exclusive access to the crawler transporter in a Virtual Reality 360 tour. This mega flatbed will take the entire stack of the mobile launcher, Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft out to Launch Pad 39B for liftoff.

NASA’s Artemis Program aims to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024. The Exploration Ground Systems team at Kennedy Space Center is ensuring that the launch pad and mobile launcher are go for launch. The mobile launcher is the structure that will be used to process, stack and assemble the Space Launch System rocket and Orion Spacecraft before they roll to Launch Pad 39B.

NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) team plays a critical role in NASA’s Artemis Program, which aims to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024. Come behind the scenes into some of Kennedy Space Center’s historic sites and see how EGS is preparing for the launch of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for the first Artemis mission.