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in NASA, Space, Space Launch SystemWatch NASA Test Fire America’s New SLS Moon Rocket
@NASAStennis, @Boeing & AerojetRdyne teams are readying for #GreenRun Hot Fire Test of @NASA_SLS as soon as Sat 16 Jan. More
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Green Run Test 6 Set to Begin Next Week, As Stennis Aims for Early November Hot Fire
@NASAStennis teams are ready to begin the first of three “operational” Green Run tests next week, leading to the long-awaited Hot Fire of @NASA_SLS #Artemis core stage in early Nov. More
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in NASA, SLS, Space Launch SystemGreen Run Testing Enters Home Stretch, Countdown Simulation to Begin NET 19 September
@NASA_SLS teams are working to finish the 5th of 8 Green Run tests as early as next week, with countdown sim due to start NET 19 Sept & engine hot-fire in Oct. More
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FSB-1 Test Fire Completed for Future SLS Artemis Deep-Space Missions
@NASA_SLS & @NorthropGrumman have successfully fired the #FSB1 test motor, ahead of #Artemis1 More
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in NASA, SLS, Space Launch SystemSLS Green Run Testing to Resume Monday, Following Hurricane Laura
@NASAStennis & @NASA_SLS teams may resume Green Run testing with Test 5 of the Artemis-1 core stage as early as next week. More
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in NASA, SLS, Space Launch SystemNASA Pauses SLS Green Run Testing, Hot-Fire Test Anticipated By November
@NASAStennis has paused its @NASA_SLS #Artemis1 Green Run testing, due to the steady progress of Tropical Storms Marco & Laura. Hot-fire test still expected by Nov. More
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NASA Evaluates New SLS Booster Materials in Critical Test
@NASA completes a significant sub-scale test of solvent & nozzle materials for the @NorthropGrumman Solid Rocket Booster (SRB). Two of these boosters will power @NASA_SLS off the pad in late 2021. More
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in Space, SLS, Space Launch SystemNASA Hits Green Run Midpoint, Eyes End-of-Year SLS Static Fire
@NASA_SLS core stage testing has reached its midpoint, passing the 4th of 8 critical Green Run tests. More
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes Propulsion Hardware for Artemis-2 Crewed Lunar Mission
@AerojetRdyne has completed its rocket engines & motors that will propel Artemis-2 & humans back to the Moon. More
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in NASA, SLS, Space Launch SystemBoosters for First SLS Artemis Moon Rocket Arrive at KSC
The launch of Artemis-1 has drawn a step closer to returning a human-capable spacecraft to the Moon, following Northrop Grumman Corp.’s announcement on Monday, 15 June, that segments of the twin solid-fueled boosters assigned to the first Space Launch System (SLS) had arrived safely at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Each 177-foot-long (53.9-meter) […] More
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in Space, SLS, Space Launch System
NASA Orders 18 More RS-25 Engines for SLS Moon Rocket, at $1.79 Billion
With four years to go before human bootprints again dot the dusty surface of the Moon, NASA has awarded a contract worth $1.79 billion to Sacramento, Calif.-headquartered Aerojet Rocketdyne to fabricate 18 additional RS-25 engines for the mammoth Space Launch System (SLS). This powerful engine propelled 135 Space Shuttle flights off the launch pad between […] More
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in NASA, Space Launch System, EM-1Busy Summer of SLS Engine Testing on the Stennis A1 Test Stand
Testing of the new brain for the RS-25 engines that will help power the colossal Space Launch System (SLS) rocket uphill from launch pad 39B in the coming years has been on a roll at NASA’s Stennis Space Center all summer, and they just finished up testing of the fourth RS-25 engine controller (the brain) needed for […] More
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