Watch NASA's Artemis 2 mobile rocket launcher get soaked during water deluge test (video)

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Watch NASA's Artemis 2 mobile rocket launcher get soaked during water deluge test (video)
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, mobile launcher, and launch pad from any over pressurization and extreme sound produced during ignition and liftoff," agency officials added.NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems conducts a water flow test with the mobile launcher at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B in Florida on Oct. 24, 2023.The mobile launcher supporting SLS is undergoing about six months of testing for Artemis 2.

"We've done a couple of modifications on the rainbird heads to direct the water in specific locations," Jesse Berdis, deputy project manager for Mobile Launcher 1 ,."When they flow, they have a performance coverage across the deck to make sure that they're protecting the mobile launcher from the rocket blast."

The crew of Artemis 2 on the crew access arm of the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as part of an integrated ground systems test at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 20.at KSC in early October. As for Orion, the spacecraft's crew and service modules joined at NASA on Oct. 19. It is undergoing power and altitude chamber testing next, agency officials. Also on the docket soon are medical training and a simulated recovery.

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