Tag: Marshall Space Flight Center
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Northrop Grumman to supply solid rocket motors for first Mars Ascent Vehicle
This illustration shows a concept of how the NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle, carrying tubes containing rock and soil samples, could be launched from the surface of Mars in one step of the Mars sample return mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Catlech NASA awarded Northrop Grumman a contract worth as much as $84.5 million earlier this month to supply…
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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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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…