https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/10/1...-rolls-to-vab/
SLS is done. Orion (the capsule that sits on top of Orion) is about to be stacked. Artemis 1 may actually fly within 3 months.
The project might have been a shit show everyone involved but all the engineers and assemblers deserve praise for what was handed to them.
Orion is so old I forgot its actually built from refurbished shuttle parts like SLS. ULA is pretty humble. Musk has people thinking no one has ever reused or refurbished parts until he came up with the idea. This would be the 2nd stack ULA has made from old parts if you exclude the shuttles themselves.
Damn the long as time it took but impressive nonetheless.
Next is mating Orion to the rest of the rocket. That takes a couple of days but they are giving themselves until the beginning of November.
Then two fueling cycles. One is a test, the second would be for the actual flight. Whether permitting, should be the end of December or January.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...ite/ar-AAPtLBU
The James Webb telescope (kind of replacement for Hubble and another NASA project that's been in development hell for a long time) has arrived at its launch site an expected to be launched in December. NASA will be using the European Ariane 5 to send the satellite up.