The baton passing is a new NASA tradition created for the Artemis 1 mission.
Cliff Lanham, fifth from the left, ground operations manager with NASA's Exploration Ground Systems , hands off the baton to Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis 1 launch director, on Aug. 15, 2022. Also pictured are members of Kennedy's EGS and Artemis launch teams.
Tuesday night's trip was at least the second time that a similar baton made the trip with the crawler. Another golden rod was also on board the tracked transporter for the SLS' first trip out to Pad 39B, ahead of NASA's first attempt at performing a wet dress rehearsal in March. The test was completed in June, on the fourth try after a return to the VAB for repairs.
Blackwell will again be handed a baton before the launch, targeted for as soon as Aug. 29, to have it with her team of flight controllers in the LCC. It will then be given to the NASA and U.S. Navy recovery team, which will retrieve the Orion capsule from the Pacific Ocean after it splashes down from the moon at the mission's end.
A small rock fragment retrieved from the crawlerway after a previous rollout is also affixed to the baton. The metal rod was signed by Lanham, Blackwell-Thompson and other members of the EGS and Artemis launch teams.
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