Mobile Launcher 2 - Bechtel
We’re designing, procuring, building, testing, and commissioning Mobile Launcher 2 (ML2) — a bigger, stronger, smarter launch platform that will allow NASA to assemble, transport, service, and launch …
Final ML-2 tower module added as Artemis and SLS Block 1B receive a ...
Jul 17, 2025 · Module 10 will support the Orion crew access arm and related systems, and its installation brings the ML-2 tower’s height to 106 m. The overall ML-2 structure will be over 122 m tall and...
Bechtel’s delayed NASA build hits milestone amid cost overruns
Jan 14, 2025 · The Reston, Virginia-based contractor announced that it successfully lifted and placed the first tower module, Tower Module 4, on the space agency’s Mobile Launcher 2 project at the …
NASA’s mobile launcher 2 (ML2) is the ground plat-form structure that will launch Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1B and Block 2 configurations to the Moon, allowing the agency to send astronauts and …
Bechtel Installs 1st Tower Module of NASA’s Mobile Launcher
Jan 7, 2025 · Bechtel has lifted and placed the first tower module of NASA ’s Mobile Launcher 2, or ML2, at Kennedy Space Center, paving the way for the vertical installation of the remaining modules. …
NASA’s Management of the Mobile Launcher 2 Project
Aug 27, 2024 · NASA is developing a second mobile launcher (ML-2)—the ground structure used to assemble, transport, and launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule—to …
ML2 is being built to accommodate this increase in size and other capabilities. NASA has a strict weight requirement for ML2 due to constraints on the Crawler. The Crawler and its specialized “Crawler …
ML-2 Updates and Discussion - NASASpaceFlight.com
Mar 19, 2023 · Mobile Launcher 2 (ML2) is the ground platform structure that will launch Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1B and Block 2 configurations to the Moon, allowing the agency to send …
Bechtel Lifts Next Section of New Launch Tower into Place at Kennedy ...
Jan 6, 2025 · Mobile Launcher 2 will support NASA’s Artemis IV mission and beyond once the larger and more powerful Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1B rocket is used to begin delivering …
Mobile Launcher Refresh for the Kennedy Space Center
Oct 10, 2024 · This paper provides an overview of ML2 structural analysis and design. It discusses the challenges of designing a mobile structure capable of launching a first of its kind rocket and that must …