Boeing’s test of the largest rocket in U.S. history ended earlier than expected on Jan. 16 because a hydraulic-system setting exceeded a preset limit, dealing another setback to the company’s space ambitions. From a report: The first firing of all four RS-25 engines on the Space Launch System rocket ended just 67.2 seconds into the planned eight-minute test. The so-called hot…
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Halted rocket test could stall NASA moon shot, redo possible
NASA is considering a second firing of its moon rocket engines after a critical test came up short over the weekend, a move that could bump the first flight in the Artemis lunar-landing program into next year. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-halted-rocket-stall-nasa-moon.html…
‘Major Component Malfunction’ Ends SLS Rocket Test Early. NASA Considers New Timeline
“NASA’s rocket charged with taking the agency back to the moon fired its four main engines Saturday afternoon, but the test in Mississippi was cut short after a malfunction caused an automatic abort,” reports Florida Today… “We did get an MCF on engine four,” a control room member said less than a minute into the test fire, using an initialism that…
Watch NASA Test-Fire Its SLS Mega-Rocket Engines
“The date is set,” NASA tweeted yesterday, thanking its partners Boeing Space and Aerojet Rocketdyne for Saturday’s “hot fire” test of the SLS’s core stage. “One of NASA’s main goals for 2021 is to launch Artemis I, an uncrewed moon mission meant to show the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket can safely send humans to our lunar neighbor,” reports…
Is that a UFO?! There’s probably an explanation
Most Unidentified Flying Objects aren’t actually unidentified. Here’s a list of phenomena, either natural or human-made, that people often mistake for UFOs. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/if-its-not-a-ufo-what-is-it…
Revealed: Rocket test at Alaskan spaceport polluted 230 tonnes of soil
Aerospace firm Astra Space flew two rockets tests last year – both malfunctioned, contaminating 230 tonnes of soil and damaging spaceport buildings Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2218048-revealed-rocket-test-at-alaskan-spaceport-polluted-230-tonnes-of-soil/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Exclusive: Rocket test in Alaska polluted 230 tonnes of soil
Aerospace firm Astra Space flew two rockets tests last year – both malfunctioned, contaminating 230 tonnes of soil and damaging spaceport buildings Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2218048-exclusive-rocket-test-in-alaska-polluted-230-tonnes-of-soil/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…