A sliver of the Moon is visible just before sunrise at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In view is one of the steel structures of the mobile launcher (ML). Several launch umbilicals have been installed on the ML tower. Exploration Ground Systems is overseeing installation of umbilicals and launch accessories on the ML to prepare for the first integrated test flight of the Orion spacecraft on the agency's Space Launch System rocket on Exploration Mission-1.
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Kennedy Space Center
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NASA/Ben Smegelsky
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A sliver of the Moon is visible just before sunrise at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In view is one of the steel structures of the mobile launcher (ML). Several launch umbilicals have been installed on the ML tower. Exploration Ground Systems is overseeing installation of umbilicals and launch accessories on the ML to prepare for the first integrated test flight of the Orion spacecraft on the agency's Space Launch System rocket on Exploration Mission-1.