At about 12:10 a.m. EDT on June 6 (9:10 p.m. Pacific time on June 5), NASA's Artemis I lunar rocket began to depart from the vehicle assembly building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center The space launch system rocket (SLS) and Orion spacecraft are ready on their transport facilities. They will complete a four mile journey to launch pad 39B for the next wet rehearsal test attempt.
On March 17, 2022, the Artemis I rocket was launched for the first time and arrived at the launch pad for the first time on March 18. After three separate fuel attempts of the SLS rocket were completed, they were not all successfully completed. Then the rocket was packaged and left the launch pad and returned to the vehicle assembly building. Now, it is ready to return to the 39B launch pad for the wet rehearsal of Artemis I.
On june3,2022, a technician inspected transporter 2, a giant crawler transporter, during a trip to the vehicle assembly building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The equipment will enter the VAB, where it will slide under the Artemis I space launch system with the Orion spacecraft on the mobile launcher, and translate it to the 39B launch site for wet rehearsal test before the Artemis I launch.
The team successfully completed all the major planning objectives determined in the previous wet rehearsal attempt, as well as some forward-looking work previously planned after the fuel tank test. The demolition of the last group of platforms was completed on June 3.
Although 4 miles is not far away, it is a "Trek" for this group of behemoths. It takes about 8-12 hours for the giant rocket to reach the launch pad. After that, the crawling transporter will return along the surface of the launch pad and repair it outside the launch pad.
Engineers will then connect the rocket and spacecraft to the ground system and conduct inspections to prepare for the fuel tank test scheduled to take place about two weeks after the rocket returns to the launch pad.