{"id":290019,"date":"2023-04-13T13:15:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T17:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=290019"},"modified":"2023-09-19T13:35:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T17:35:51","slug":"launch-pad-39b","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/exploration-ground-systems\/launch-pad-39b\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch Pad 39B"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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\/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">In this view looking up from the flame trench at Launch Pad 39B, NASA\u2019s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are photographed atop the mobile launcher at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 18, 2022. The Artemis I stack was carried from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad \u2013 a 4.2-mile journey that took nearly 11 hours to complete \u2013 by the agency\u2019s crawler-transporter 2 for a wet dress rehearsal ahead of the uncrewed launch. Artemis I will test SLS and Orion as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the lunar surface, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Kim Shiflett<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Exploration Ground Systems has prepared Launch Pad 39B at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to support the agency\u2019s\u202f<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/what-is-artemis\" target=\"_blank\">Artemis<\/a>\u202fmissions. Under Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon. Orion will launch atop the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/exploration\/systems\/sls\/to-the-moon.html\" target=\"_blank\">Space Launch System<\/a> (SLS) rocket to carry astronauts to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. NASA will develop a sustainable presence at the Moon and apply knowledge gained to pave the way for human exploration of Mars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pad supported the first mission, Artemis I, which sent an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, launched atop the\u202fSLS rocket, beyond the Moon and back to Earth. Work is in progress on a new liquid hydrogen\u202ftank and emergency egress system for Artemis II, the first crewed launch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pad subsystems used for Apollo and the Space Shuttle Program were replaced or upgraded to support the SLS and 21st century multiuser spaceport. The guiding principle behind the upgrades and modifications has been to make the area a \u201cclean pad,\u201d which allows a variety of rockets to launch from the pad. The basics that every rocket needs are in place, such as electrical power, a water system, flame trench and safe launch area. The other needs of individual rockets, including access for workers, can be met with the towers or other structures that deliver the rocket to the pad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apollo 10 was the first mission to begin at Launch Pad 39B when it lifted off May 18, 1969, to rehearse the first moon landing. Three crews of astronauts launched to the Skylab space station in 1973 from Pad B. Three Apollo astronauts who flew the historic Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission to link up in space also launched from Pad B. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fun Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>During refurbishment projects, 1.3 million feet of copper cables were removed and replaced with 300,000 feet of fiber cable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The water tower for the Ignition Overpressure and Sound Suppression System (IOP\/SS) holds roughly 400,000 gallons of water, or enough to fill 27 average pools. This water is dumped on the mobile launcher and inside the flame trench in less than 30 seconds. The IOP\/SS peak flow rate is 1.1 million gallons per minute, high enough to empty roughly two Olympic-size swimming pools in one minute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The three lightning towers are about 600 feet tall – taller than the Vehicle Assembly Building, which is 525 feet tall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The refurbished flame trench and new flame deflector will be exposed to a peak temperature of 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit during launch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than 96,000 bricks were installed on the walls of the flame trench during the refurbishment project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The flame trench is 450 feet long, equal to the length of one and a half football fields.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 padding-bottom-9 padding-top-9 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-link\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0 padding-top-9 desktop:padding-top-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label margin-bottom-2\">Fact sheet<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"page-heading-md\">Launch Pad 39B<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Significant upgrades and enhancements have been completed at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B to support future Artemis launches.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/launchpad39b_factsheet_013018_508.pdf\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B in Florida.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg 6608w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg?resize=300,171 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg?resize=768,439 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg?resize=1024,585 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg?resize=1536,878 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg?resize=2048,1170 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg?resize=400,229 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg?resize=600,343 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg?resize=900,514 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg?resize=1200,686 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Launch-Pad-39B.jpg?resize=2000,1143 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A view of the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft atop the mobile launcher on Launch Pad 39B at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 15, 2022. Also in view are two of the three lightning towers that surround the pad and protect the SLS and Orion from lightning strikes. Artemis I is the first integrated test of the SLS and Orion spacecraft. In future Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Jason Parrish<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pad 39B is Ready for Artemis I\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EdumTVtWLCI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Watch a video about the work accomplished at Launch Pad 39B to prepare for Artemis I.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploration Ground Systems has prepared Launch Pad 39B at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to support the agency\u2019s\u202fArtemis\u202fmissions. 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