The 355-foot-tall (108 meters) tower suffered some damage during Artemis 1's Nov. 16 launch.
. During the launch tower's stay in the VAB, which is expected to last several weeks, technicians will start getting the huge structure ready for that crewed mission.
That work will include upgrades as well as repair and maintenance, NASA officials said. And these efforts will continue after the tower rolls out of the VAB. "Following its stay in the VAB, it will go to the mobile launcher park site location at Kennedy where it will undergo emergency egress modifications and testing to support future Artemis missions," NASA officials wrote in Friday's update.
"Emergency egress modifications" presumably will help Artemis astronauts get away from the SLS and Orion in the event of a serious prelaunch problem — something that was not needed on the uncrewed Artemis 1.
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