The second half of the D-level work platforms, D North, for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, is offloaded from a heavy load transport truck from Tillett Heavy Haul Inc., in Titusville, Florida, in the staging area on the west side of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to VAB High Bay 3 to support processing of the SLS and Orion spacecraft. A total of 10 levels of new platforms, 20 platform halves altogether, will surround the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and provide access for testing and processing for deep space missions and the journey to Mars
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Kennedy Space Center
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NASA/Bill White
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The second half of the D-level work platforms, D North, for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, is offloaded from a heavy load transport truck from Tillett Heavy Haul Inc., in Titusville, Florida, in the staging area on the west side of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to VAB High Bay 3 to support processing of the SLS and Orion spacecraft. A total of 10 levels of new platforms, 20 platform halves altogether, will surround the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and provide access for testing and processing for deep space missions and the journey to Mars