NASA performs test-fire of SLS rocket booster
JUN 29, 2016
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029926
Space.com : On 28 June, NASA successfully test-fired its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket booster engine in Promontory, Utah. The two-minute burn of the 3.6-million-pound-thrust engine is the last live firing for the booster until NASA performs its first SLS rocket launch in 2018. On that Exploration Mission 1, the SLS will carry an uncrewed Orion capsule on a flight around the Moon and back to Earth. For launches, the SLS will use two booster engines alongside the rocket’s core stage.
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