The launch of Artemis I will be a symphony of high-powered machinery.
Aside from connecting Orion to SLS, the Orion stage adapter will also carry and deploy these 10 satellites into orbit after the Orion spacecraft is detached.The ICPS, built by Boeing and United Launch Alliance, will provide in-space propulsion for Orion to send on its trajectory towards the moon and back.NASAMeasuring 45 ft tall and 16.
It was designed in a cone shape because it connects the 27.5-foot diameter core stage to the 16.5-foot diameter ICPS.It holds 733,000 gallons of propellant to power SLS's four RS-25 engines. It features a liquid oxygen and a liquid hydrogen propellant tank. These will feed the engines approximately 1,500 gallons of propellant per second for eight minutes after launch — the time it will take SLS to reach orbit.Each of SLS's two solid rocket boosters is the height of a 17-story building.
Each solid rocket booster will burn roughly six tons of solid propellant per second to help lift during those first two minutes, helping SLS soar towards orbit.As per NASA, the RS-25 engines attached to the underside of SLS's core stage are "the most efficient engines ever built". RS-25 engines were used for NASA's Space Shuttle program, and NASA uses enhanced versions of the same engine for SLS.They will provide a total of two million pounds of thrust after launch.
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