Two Main Components Installed, Orion Aircraft Will Test Engine Implementation

JAKARTA - The entire crew and service module for the Artemis II mission gathered at the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building, NASA's Kennedy Space Center to complete the construction of the Orion aircraft.

In the official release of the United States Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA), all engineers gathered to connect the two main components of Orion before the plane brought four crews around the moon.

After the integrated crew and service modules, Orion will conduct a high-space lighting and testing test. The entire series of tests needs to be done to ensure Orion's condition while in space.

The Orion aircraft has completed installation and hardware testing processes over the past few months. The four RS-25 engines have also been combined to the core stage.

For information, the Orion spacecraft will launch on a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis II mission planned for November next year.

This aircraft will take four crew members to explore the moon from afar. The four crew consists of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

The 10-day mission will ensure all spacecraft systems operate in space before NASA lands four crew members on the moon by 2025.