{"id":588125,"date":"2024-01-05T14:03:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T19:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=588125"},"modified":"2024-04-02T17:28:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T21:28:17","slug":"nasas-artemis-i-spacecraft-prepped-to-depart-to-ohio-facility","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasas-artemis-i-spacecraft-prepped-to-depart-to-ohio-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Artemis I Spacecraft Prepped to Depart to Ohio Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 55% 17%; object-position: 55% 17%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ksc-20231222-ph-kls01-0058.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Technicians inside NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Centers Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) in Florida use a crane to load the Artemis I spacecraft – now called an environmental test article \u2013 into the crew module transportation fixture in preparation for its departure to NASA\u2019s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Kim Shiflett<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>From Florida to the Moon and back, NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft is still making moves. The crew module that flew more than 1.4 million miles during the agency\u2019s historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artemis I<\/a> mission is getting ready for its next destination – NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technicians inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/167426main_mppf-08.pdf?emrc=d44640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NASA\u2019s Multi-Payload Processing Facility<\/a> at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, use a crane to lift the Artemis I spacecraft \u2013 now called an environmental test article \u2013 into the crew module transportation fixture in preparation for its departure. Engineers will use it in qualification tests to better understand how Orion would perform in the event of a launch or inflight abort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/artemis\/2022\/12\/11\/artemis-i-flight-day-26-orion-splashes-down-concluding-historic-artemis-i-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">splashing down<\/a> in the Pacific Ocean, the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission returned to Kennedy in December 2022. Components scheduled for reuse on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artemis II<\/a> were removed and the crew module was reconfigured to serve as a test article. With crew module function tests now complete, the test article has been prepared for transport with the installation of the aft, mid bay back shell, and the side hatch in final closure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Florida to the Moon and back, NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft is still making moves. The crew module that flew more than 1.4 million miles during the agency\u2019s historic Artemis I mission is getting ready for its next destination – NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio.   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