NASA targets Mar. 6 launch for Artemis II
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As part of the rehearsal, engineers loaded more than 700,000 gallons of liquid propellant into the rocket, News.Az reports, citing NASA. A closeout
NASA conducted a full-scale static test fire of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket motor - part of the Space Launch System at a test facility in Utah. An anomaly occurred near the end of the test.
Welcome to Edition 8.30 of the Rocket Report! As I write this week’s edition, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is undergoing a second countdown rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The outcome of the test will determine whether NASA has a shot at launching the Artemis II mission around the Moon next month,
Soon, four astronauts will launch on a mission to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. The mission, called Artemis II, is the second mission — and first crewed mission — of NASA’s Artemis program.
The Vulcan has launched on its second-ever national security spaceflight in what will be the biggest test yet for ULA's powerful rocket.