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i'm nasa kennedy's hannah falls and i'm

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outside ksc

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taking you inside ksc

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a critical piece of hardware that will

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connect the two stages

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of nasa's space launch system rocket or

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sls

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is being processed in high bay four of

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the vehicle assembly building

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it was delivered to kennedy last week

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the launch vehicle staged adapter

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arrived at the launch complex 39 turn

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basin

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aboard the nasa's pegasus barge it made

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the journey from the agency's

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marshall space flight center in

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huntsville alabama

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technicians with nasa's exploration

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ground systems

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moved the piece into the nearby vehicle

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assembly building

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where the rocket will be assembled ahead

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of the artemis one launch

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artemis one will be an integrated test

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of the sls rocket

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and orion spacecraft prior to human

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space

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flights to the moon nasa astronauts

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robert bacon and douglas hurley glided

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to a safe splashdown in the gulf of

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mexico

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aboard the spacex crew dragon endeavor

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on august 2nd

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it was a triumphant end to nasa's

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historic spacex demo 2

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mission which began with liftoff from

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kennedy space center

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on may 30th aboard a falcon 9 rocket

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this was the final step towards

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certifying spacex

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crew transportation system to regularly

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fly humans

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to and from the international space

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station under nasa's commercial crew

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program

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that certification will pave the way for

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the scheduled launch later this year

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of spacex first operational missions

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crew one

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wenasa astronauts mike hopkins victor

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glover

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and shannon walker along with sushi

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naguchi

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of the japan aerospace exploration

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