NASA rolls back the giant SLS rocket to its hangar. After failed genre rep.

NASA announced this weekend that it will roll back the giant rocket SLS (Space Launch System) to its hangar, something it is doing after it has repeatedly failed to carry out a refueling of the rocket.

NASA writes that they will replace a valve on the SLS and fix a minor leak when the rocket is back in its hangar. This will, of course, lead to further delays for NASA’s prestige rocket. In the coming weeks, we will discuss how the changes will affect NASA’s lunar program Artemis.

SLS is intended for use when NASA sends Orion capsules to the moon in its Artems program. The rocket began to develop eleven years ago and is already being towed with a lot of delays. So far, NASA has plowed over $ 30 billion in the development of SLS.

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Space Launch System

The Space Launch System is an American super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle under development by NASA since 2011. As of March 2022, the first launch is scheduled for no earlier than June 2022, pending the success of a wet dress rehearsal test after the Axiom -1 Launch. It replaces the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles, which were canceled along with the rest of the Constellation program, a previous program aimed at returning to the moon. The SLS is intended to become the successor to the retired Space Shuttle, and the primary launch vehicle of NASA’s deep space exploration plans through the 2020s. Crewed lunar flights are planned as part of the Artemis program, leading to a possible human mission to Mars. The SLS is being developed in three major phases with increasing capabilities: Block 1, Block 1B, and Block 2. As of August 2019, SLS Block 1 launch vehicles are to launch the first three Artemis missions and five subsequent SLS flights are planned to use Block 1B, after which all flights will use Block 2.

NASA has rolled out the giant SLS rocket from its hangar

To be tested a bit before Artemis 1 departure

For over ten years, NASA and their partners have been developing the Space Launch System (SLS), and yesterday it rolled out of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building for slightly different tests. After the tests are completed, the SLS will be rolled back to its hangar for further adjustments that may be required. After that, it is thought that it will be ready to be used to send NASA’s Artemis 1 mission into space. Artemis 1 is an unmanned lunar mission that will send an Orion capsule to the moon, which will then enter orbit around it. Artemis 1 will be the first of NASA’s lunar missions aimed at landing a male and a female astronaut on the moon within a few years. Artemis 1, like the rest of the Artemis program, has been delayed. Exactly when NASA plans to send the SLS and Orion capsule into space is not yet known. It is believed that this will happen at the earliest sometime this summer. Yesterday’s rollout of SLS at the Kennedy Space Center took about eleven hours and was a rather slow story. Here above you can check out a timelapse where it goes much faster. In connection with the rollout, NASA and the old Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder also released an official video for the Artemis mission. It has been set to music by Vedder’s song “Invincible” and you can see it below.

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NASA releases new clip about its upcoming lunar missions

Artemis I might go there this fall

NASA has released a new clip describing its upcoming lunar mission Artemis, the mission that will land humans on the moon again over 40 years after the last time it happened. The clip focuses primarily on the Artemis I mission, where NASA’s giant rocket Space Launch System (SLS) and their Orion capsule will be used for the first time. It is about an unmanned mission where, among other things, they will put a bunch of satellites in orbit around the moon. Furthermore, there is a bit of talk about the upcoming Artemis missions, which can hopefully lead to us having a permanent presence of people on the moon in the future.

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NASA’s engine test of the SLS failed

It is unclear whether the rocket will go into space this autumn

Yesterday it was time for NASA to test its future giant rocket Space Launch System (SLS) with all of the rocket’s four engines for the first time. Initially, it all seemed to work as it should, but after 67 seconds, the test ended, a test that was supposed to last for eight minutes. The reason why the test was interrupted prematurely must have been due to a fault being detected on one of the four engines, NASA stated already 50 seconds into the test. Exactly what happened, NASA will now investigate together with Aerojet Rocketdyne, which manufactured the engines for SLS. Above you can check out what the interrupted test looked like. The idea is that SLS will be used for NASA’s upcoming lunar mission Artemis, among other things. It is planned that SLS would be used for a lunar mission that is intended to be postponed there in November, but whether this will actually be the case is highly unclear. NASA presented plans to build SLS in 2011 and in 2014, the development of the rocket began. Then the idea was that it would be ready to go into space in 2018, but after lots of delays, this has been moved forward a number of times.

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