POV: You're standing in an elevator inside the Vehicle Assembly Building.
The rocket and spacecraft that will kick off humanity's return to the Moon is currently sitting pretty inside the VAB, the world's largest single-story building located at @NASAKennedy Space Center. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft will embark on their first integrated test flight with the launch of the #Artemis I mission, currently scheduled for no earlier than Aug. 29.
Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
Music Provided by Universal Production Music: “Two Horizons” — Anthony d’Amario
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Julianne Owen is a sophomore at the University of Florida studying aerospace engineering. Julianne is working in the Flight Mechanics and Trajectory Design branch at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. She’s responsible for scripting, compiling, and analyzing trajectories for NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon. Her projects have included working on Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) abort scenarios for Artemis II and hypothetical Mars ascents for future missions. Jules spends a lot of time optimizing different aspects of trajectories with the goal of helping Artemis astronauts and the Space Launch System rocket travel as safely and efficiently as possible. “These projects have been really exciting because I know that my work will influence the research and development of future trajectories that will take our generation to the Moon and beyond.”-Julianne
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