NASA loads payload adapter test article into test stand at MSFC
NASA is developing systems and hardware for future Artemis missions at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
Teams at MSFC built a test article of the Space Launch System rocket’s payload adapter. It was recently added to a test stand at the Redstone Arsenal facility for evaluation. NASA calls this a critical milestone on the journey to the hardware’s debut onÌýNASA’s Artemis IV mission.
NASA loads payload adapter test article into test stand at MSFC
The cone-shaped adapter is made of two metal rings and eight composite panels. It will be used on the SLS Block 1B configuration and housed inside the universal stage adapter on top of the rocket’s more powerful in-space stage, calledÌýthe exploration upper stage.Ìý
NASA loads payload adapter test article into test stand at MSFC
Test teams will use this exact replica of the flight version of the hardware to check the structure’s strength and durability by twisting, shaking, and applying extreme pressure.
The Artemis program is developed and managed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
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