One step closer to the moon! NASA finishes assembling its $18.6BILLION Space Launch System ‘megarocket’ ahead of its maiden voyage this November Space Launch System (SLS) will launch for the first time in November this year with the Artemis-1 mission This includes tests of the Orion crew capsule that will take astronauts to the moon … Read more
NASA is set to ignite the engines of its $18.6 billion Space Launch System rocket later today in an eight minute test designed to confirm it is ready for launch. This would be the second hot fire test of the massive engines, and the final fire test before the second stage is moved to the launchpad … Read more
NASA is set to ignite the engines of its $18.6 billion Space Launch System rocket later today in an eight minute test designed to confirm it is ready for launch. This would be the second hot fire test of the massive engines, and the final fire test before the second stage is moved to the launchpad … Read more
NASA have traced the cause of the premature shutdown of the Space Launch System‘s engines during a demo firing on Saturday to its hydraulic system. Engineers said that overly ‘conservative’ test parameters had been introduced that caused the mega-rocket’s systems to go into shut down after just over a minute. Despite initial concerns, the core … Read more