Tag: Human Spaceflight
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Hydraulic system issue triggered early engine shutdown during SLS test-firing
An exhaust plume erupts from the B-2 test stand during a test-firing of the Space Launch System core stage Jan. 16. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz NASA officials said Tuesday the weekend test-firing of the Space Launch System moon rocket’s core stage was cut short by an out-of-limits parameter in a hydraulic system for gimbaling, or vectoring,…
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NASA studying cause of early end to moon rocket test-firing
The Space Launch System’s four RS-25 engines fire during an abbreviated Green Run test Saturday. Credit: NASA A critical test-firing of NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket in Mississippi ended just 67 seconds after it began Saturday, well short of a planned eight-minute burn that was supposed to clear the way for the space agency…
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Live coverage: SLS core stage engines shut down early during critical hotfire test
Live coverage of the Green Run Hot Fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System core stage at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Editor’s Note: NASA TV’s live video coverage of the SLS hot fire test begins at 3:20 p.m. EST (2020 GMT) Saturday.
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Video: SLS core stage test-firing ends early
The four RS-25 engines at the bottom of NASA’s first Space Launch System core stage shut down about a minute into a ground test-firing Saturday that was supposed to last more than eight minutes. The four Aerojet Rocketdyne-built engines ignited at 5:27 p.m. EST (2227 GMT) Saturday on the B-2 test stand at NASA’s Stennis…
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NASA’s huge moon rocket faces critical test-firing before first launch
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA’s Space Launch System core stage on the B-2 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA A critical test firing Saturday of the four main engines powering the first stage of NASA’s gargantuan Space Launch System moon rocket is the final major hurdle before the…
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NASA proceeds with SLS booster stacking in Florida before core stage arrives
In this Jan. 12 photo, the lower two segments of each Space Launch System solid rocket booster are seen stacked on the SLS Mobile Launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett NASA ground crews at the Kennedy Space Center are continuing to stack segments of the Space Launch System’s side-mounted solid rocket boosters…
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Blue Origin tests passenger accommodations on suborbital launch
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after launch. Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifts off from West Texas on Thursday. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin says it is “very, very close” to flying humans on suborbital launches to the edge of space after a successful test flight of a human-capable rocket and capsule Thursday. The company’s New Shepard rocket…
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Boeing says assembly complete on first set of new space station solar arrays
An artist’s concept shows the International Space Station with new solar arrays in place. Credit: Boeing Engineers from Boeing and a team of subcontractors have finished building the first pair of six new solar arrays to bolster the International Space Station’s aging electrical system ahead of their launch to the orbiting outpost as soon as…
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China to begin construction of space station this year
Components for the Long March 5B rocket that will launch the core module of China’s space station. Credit: CASC The core section of China’s space station is scheduled to launch in the next several months, the first of 11 missions carrying lab elements, cargo, and astronauts to the fledgling outpost over the next two years,…
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NASA sets mid-January target for SLS hot fire test
NASA is moving forward with a crucial test-firing of the core stage of the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket as soon as Jan. 17 after engineers were satisfied with the results of a fueling test last month. The hot fire test is the culmination of the SLS Green Run, a year-long series of…