Teams completed fueling of the service module over the weekend.
Jul 11, 2025Recently, teams transported NASA's Orion Spacecraft to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility, where they have begun fueling the crew and service modules. After fueling, teams will install the launch abort system on Orion at the Launch Abort System Facility before heading to the Vehicle Assembly Building to be stacked atop the agency's Space Launch System Rocket.Credit: NASA
David Willis@ThePrimalDinoArtemis II's Orion capsule is ready to receive its Launch escape system!Can you feel our return to the Moon? It's closer than you think!!
Dr. Jenni Gibbons@Astro_JenniThe Artemis II crew, flight controllers, and ground support teams spend hours every week practising various phases of our upcoming mission. In this photo, I am in the Orion spacecraft simulator, shortly after an ascent, or launch, run.
LunarCaveman@LunarCavemanArtemis II will test live streaming with laser comms to lunar distances using the O2O system:
NASA Artemis@NASAArtemisThe @NASAKennedy team finished installing the ogive fairings (pronounced “oh-jive”) for the Orion launch abort system for the Artemis II mission. The four fairing panels shield the crew module during flight, and from vibrations experienced during launch.
John Kraus@johnkrausphotos·NEW: The crew of Artemis II has named their Orion spacecraft “Integrity.”Integrity will return humanity to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time since 1972.
That was unexpected. Spacecraft names were not used officially on Apollo until it became necessary to distinguish between CM and LM during separated flight.
Quote from: Hadley Delta on 09/26/2025 04:04 amThat was unexpected. Spacecraft names were not used officially on Apollo until it became necessary to distinguish between CM and LM during separated flight.Yep, but I guess they are following SpaceX Dragon naming. Eventually, there will be several Orion capsules that will be refurbished and re-flowned on other missions, so having names isn't a bad idea to keep them separate; otherwise, you have names like OV-101, 102, 103... instead of names for each.
The Mercury capsules had names. It's really the unnamed vehicles that are the exception.
Blobifi@Blobifie·The Kennedy Space Center Facebook page has shared a video showing the Artemis II Orion Stage Adapter being moved from the Multi Payload Processing Facility to the VAB!This likely confirms that all 4 cubesats, including the Argentinian "ATENEA" cubesat, have been installed!
