Science and Exploration

Artemis III Orion Pressure Vessel Preparations Begin

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
December 6, 2021
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Artemis III Orion Pressure Vessel Preparations Begin
Artemis III Orion Pressure Vessel
NASA

The Orion pressure vessel for NASA’s Artemis III mission is lifted by crane for its move onto a work stand in the high bay of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 20, 2021.
The pressure vessel will be secured onto the work stand where Lockheed Matin technicians will begin the work to prepare the spacecraft for its launch atop a Space Launch System rocket.

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