ROCKET ROLLOUT: NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission began its journey to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday evening (3/17). Once at the launchpad, preparations for the final pre-launch test will begin before its first voyage set for May or June. | CBS 58 | Facebook

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Earlier this month, NASA engineers loaded the final test article for NASA's Space Launch System into its test stand at #NASAMarshall! The liquid oxygen tank structural test article, one of two propellant tanks in the SLS core stage, will be pushed and pulled by 38 hydraulic cylinders with millions of pounds of force. Learn more about how we're testing SLS to send Artemis 1 to the Moon >> go.nasa.gov/2XyrEWB | NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

Next week, we're counting down to the test firing of the largest, most powerful rocket booster built for flight On June 28, at the Orbital ATK test facilities in Promontory, Utah, will be the last major ground test of a full-scale qualification test for the booster before the first, uncrewed flight of NASA's Space Launch System, with NASA’s Orion Spacecraft in 2018. More information about the test can be found at: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/sls-booster-chills-out-ahead-of-hot-gr

On March 18, 2021, the core stage for the first flight of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket underwent a hot fire test on the B-2 Test Stand at NASA Stennis. The four RS-25 engines fired for the full duration of 8 minutes during the test and generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust while consuming more than 700,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellants. The hot fire test was the final stage of the Green Run test series, a comprehensive assessment of the SLS core stage prior