The two sets of fairings will be jettisoned separately during ascent after the Artemis 1 vehicle climbs out of the lower atmosphere. Although the LAS for Artemis 1 is inert for the uncrewed test ...

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA (NASA) – Technicians with NASA and Lockheed Martin fitted three spacecraft adapter jettison fairing panels onto the service module of the agency’s Orion’s spacecraft. The ...

we’re gonna start encapsulating those solar arrays in the final fairing of the vehicle,” Shireman said. An issue with Orion that emerged after the Artemis I launch in 2022 was its heat shield ...

Other parts of the Artemis 2 SLS have also come together in recent weeks as well, including the solar panels and spacecraft adapter jettison fairings ... Orion's heat shield during Artemis 1 ...