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i'm andy sokol vehicle systems engineer

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in nasa's launch services program

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and i'm outside ksc taking you inside

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ksc

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the twin solid rocket boosters that will

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power the space launch system rocket

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or sls on the artemis 1 mission are now

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fully assembled

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the process began in november 2020

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workers with nasa's exploration ground

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systems and contractor jacobs

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used a heavy lift crane in kennedy's

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vehicle assembly building

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eventually stacking 10 booster segments

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and nose assemblies

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atop the mobile launcher artemis 1 will

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test the orion spacecraft and sls rocket

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as an integrated system ahead of crude

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flights to the moon

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under the artemis program nasa and

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boeing are working to decide a new

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target launch date for orbital flight

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test 2.

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a united launch alliance atlas v rocket

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will launch

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boeing's cst-100 starliner spacecraft

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on an uncrewed mission to the

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international space station

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some of the factors involved in the

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evaluation include winter storms that

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affected houston texas

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the recent replacement of avionics boxes

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the volume of analysis

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needed before the flight and the

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schedule of vehicles slated to visit the

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station

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the flight will pave the way for

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astronauts to fly to the station

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aboard starliner under nasa's commercial

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crew program

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