The SLS upper stage will send a crewed Orion spacecraft on a 10-day journey to the Moon and back as early as late next year.
Under a collaboration with Boeing, ULA has manufactured three ICPS stages so far at the company’s factory in Alabama. ICPS-3 will be used for Artemis 3, which is designed to land astronauts on the lunar surface.
The rocket stage is based on ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket, which has been in operation since 2004. “ICPS features a slightly larger liquid hydrogen tank as compared to the Delta IV second stage, as well as electrical and mechanical interfaces specific to attaching and supporting the Orion spacecraft, and a second hydrazine bottle for additional attitude control propellant,” ULA wrote in its statement.
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