Teams with nasa’s exploration ground systems program continue stacking Ssembly Building (VAB) at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Currently, Six of the 10 segments are secured atop mobile launcher 1 with the right forward center segment as the latest addition. Teams will continue integrating the booster stack – the left center center segment adorned with the nasa “Worm” insignia is the next segment to be integrated.
The right and left forward assemblies were brough to the vab from the spaceport’s booster fabrication facility on Jan. 14. The Forward Assemblys are Comprised of Three Parts: The Nose Cone Sreves as the aerodynamic Fairing; A forward skirt, which house avionics; And the frustum which houses motors that separates the boosters from the Sls core stage during flight. The remaining booster segments will be transported from the rotation, processing, and surge facility to the vab when engines are ready to integrate them. The forward assembles will be the last segments integrated to complete the booster configuration, ahead of integration with the core stage.
Image credit: Nasa/kim shiflett
