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Sam Dove, crawler-transporter operations engineer and driver, Jacobs Engineering, is seen inside the operator cab of the crawler-transporter during rollout operations for NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. The crawler-transporter is under the Artemis I stack atop the mobile launcher and will carry it 4.2 miles via the crawlerway that connects the VAB to the launch pad. The agency’s Artemis I flight test is scheduled to liftoff on Monday, Aug. 29. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by launching Orion atop the SLS rocket, operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.