NASA’s concluded its 2017 RS-25 test program on Wednesday with a hot fire test of an RS-25 development engine at the Stennis Space Center in support of certification of production re-start hardware for new engines that will fly on the Space Launch System
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NASA decided against putting a crew on the first flight of the agency’s upcoming heavy-lift Space Launch System which is now expected to occur some time in 2019 after slipping from the latest 2018 target, NASA said on Friday.
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A former Space Shuttle development & test engine fired up at NASA’s Stennis Space Center for the second time in 2017 in support of the Space Launch System program to close out a multi-year testing campaign toward the maiden launch of NASA’s new heavy-lifter.
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NASA test fired a former Space Shuttle Main Engine on Wednesday as testing of the RS-25 engines continues in preparation for their new role of powering the Space Launch System rocket for Beyond Earth Orbit exploration missions.
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NASA is looking into the possibility of putting Astronauts on the first flight of the mighty Space Launch System, the agency’s super heavy-lift rocket that will enable crewed exploration missions Beyond Earth Orbit.
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A strong tornado plowed through NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana on Tuesday, leaving a trail of damage to buildings and vehicles but luckily causing no severe injuries to 3,500 personnel on site.
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The thunder of a Solid Rocket Booster for NASA’s Space Launch System rocked the Utah desert on Tuesday as part of the final Qualification Test of the larger five-segment boosters tasked with lifting NASA’s most powerful rocket off the ground and send Astronauts Beyond Earth Orbit for missions to distant targets.
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The thunder of a Solid Rocket Booster for NASA’s Space Launch System rocked the Utah desert on Tuesday as part of the final Qualification Test of the larger five-segment boosters tasked with lifting NASA’s most powerful rocket off the ground and send Astronauts Beyond Earth Orbit for missions to distant targets.
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NASA and Orbital ATK are gearing up for the second and final qualification test of the Solid Rocket Booster for the upcoming Space Launch System.
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