1 00:00:04,309 --> 00:00:03,110 hi i'm nasa kennedy's carla cook and i'm 2 00:00:07,829 --> 00:00:04,319 outside ksc 3 00:00:09,750 --> 00:00:07,839 taking you inside ksc 4 00:00:11,910 --> 00:00:09,760 the twin solid rocket boosters that will 5 00:00:13,030 --> 00:00:11,920 help nasa's artemis 1 mission get off 6 00:00:15,110 --> 00:00:13,040 the ground next year 7 00:00:16,470 --> 00:00:15,120 are really coming together teams with 8 00:00:18,390 --> 00:00:16,480 exploration ground systems 9 00:00:20,070 --> 00:00:18,400 and contractor jacobs have started 10 00:00:21,670 --> 00:00:20,080 stacking both of the five segment 11 00:00:22,550 --> 00:00:21,680 boosters on top of the base of the 12 00:00:24,470 --> 00:00:22,560 mobile launcher 13 00:00:25,910 --> 00:00:24,480 inside kennedy's historic vehicle 14 00:00:27,830 --> 00:00:25,920 assembly building 15 00:00:30,150 --> 00:00:27,840 manufactured by northrop grumman the 16 00:00:32,549 --> 00:00:30,160 boosters provide more than 75 percent of 17 00:00:34,069 --> 00:00:32,559 the space launch system or sls rockets 18 00:00:36,150 --> 00:00:34,079 total thrust at launch 19 00:00:37,830 --> 00:00:36,160 the first in a series of increasingly 20 00:00:40,069 --> 00:00:37,840 complex missions 21 00:00:40,950 --> 00:00:40,079 artemis 1 will test the orion spacecraft 22 00:00:42,869 --> 00:00:40,960 and sls 23 00:00:43,990 --> 00:00:42,879 as an integrated system ahead of crude 24 00:00:46,150 --> 00:00:44,000 flights to the moon 25 00:00:47,830 --> 00:00:46,160 under the artemis program nasa will land 26 00:00:51,670 --> 00:00:47,840 the first woman and the next man on the 27 00:00:54,790 --> 00:00:53,590 nasa and spacex are gearing up for the 28 00:00:56,869 --> 00:00:54,800 company's 21st 29 00:00:58,389 --> 00:00:56,879 commercial resupply services mission to 30 00:01:01,189 --> 00:00:58,399 the international space station 31 00:01:02,709 --> 00:01:01,199 the spacex crs 21 mission will deliver 32 00:01:03,830 --> 00:01:02,719 more than three tons of science 33 00:01:05,670 --> 00:01:03,840 investigations 34 00:01:07,670 --> 00:01:05,680 supplies and equipment to the orbiting 35 00:01:08,950 --> 00:01:07,680 laboratory this mission marks many 36 00:01:11,030 --> 00:01:08,960 unique firsts 37 00:01:13,750 --> 00:01:11,040 including the first launch for spacex 38 00:01:15,510 --> 00:01:13,760 under nasa's crs2 contract 39 00:01:16,950 --> 00:01:15,520 the first flight of the upgraded cargo 40 00:01:19,590 --> 00:01:16,960 dragon spacecraft 41 00:01:20,149 --> 00:01:19,600 an atlantic ocean splashdown autonomous 42 00:01:22,789 --> 00:01:20,159 docking 43 00:01:24,070 --> 00:01:22,799 and many more on board is the nanoracks 44 00:01:26,149 --> 00:01:24,080 bishop airlock 45 00:01:27,990 --> 00:01:26,159 the first commercially funded space 46 00:01:29,030 --> 00:01:28,000 station airlock designed to provide 47 00:01:30,710 --> 00:01:29,040 payload hosting 48 00:01:32,630 --> 00:01:30,720 robotics testing and satellite 49 00:01:34,950 --> 00:01:32,640 deployment 50 00:01:35,830 --> 00:01:34,960 for more inside ksc check us out on