Space Launch System – Page 6

Photos: Artemis 1 rocket hauled to launch pad for another countdown rehearsal

June 12, 2022 Stephen Clark

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket rolled out to pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on June 6, preparing for another countdown rehearsal later this month to try loading cryogenic propellants into the massive launcher.

NASA’s SLS moon rocket returns to launch pad for more testing

June 6, 2022 Stephen Clark

NASA’s first Space Launch System moon rocket rolled out to its launch pad early Monday at the Kennedy Space Center for another attempt later this month to fully load it with super-cold propellants, the culmination of a countdown rehearsal officials aim to complete before moving forward with launch later this summer.

NASA plans Artemis 1 moon rocket retest around June 19

May 27, 2022 William Harwood

NASA plans to haul its huge Space Launch System moon rocket back to the launch pad June 5-6 for a fourth attempt to load it with 730,000 gallons of supercold propellants in a dress-rehearsal countdown to clear the way for a maiden test flight later this summer, officials said Friday.

NASA hopeful about staging fourth moon rocket fueling test in early June

May 9, 2022 William Harwood

Engineers are making progress resolving mostly ground-system problems that derailed three earlier attempts to fuel the agency’s new Space Launch System moon rocket for a dress rehearsal countdown. NASA managers said last week they’re hopeful about making a fourth attempt by mid-June.

NASA’s moon rocket rolls back to Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs

April 26, 2022 Stephen Clark

NASA rolled the giant new rocket for the Artemis 1 moon mission off the launch pad back inside the Vehicle Assembly Building before dawn Tuesday at the Kennedy Space Center. Officials hope to complete repairs in time to launch the Artemis 1 test flight to the moon no earlier than August, about two months later than previously scheduled.

Photos: Close-ups of NASA’s moon rocket on the launch pad

April 25, 2022 Stephen Clark

These images from pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center show NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket awaiting a rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs.

NASA preps for return of SLS moon rocket to hangar

April 24, 2022 Stephen Clark

Ground teams moved a diesel-powered crawler-transporter underneath the Space Launch System moon rocket Sunday on pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, preparing the towering launcher for a return to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs.

NASA plans to roll first Artemis moon rocket back to hangar next week

April 18, 2022 Stephen Clark

NASA will move its first giant Space Launch System moon rocket off the launch pad and back to its hangar at the Kennedy Space Center as soon as next Tuesday, giving teams an opportunity to resolve several problems discovered during three attempts to load super-cold propellants into the launcher earlier this month.

Hydrogen leak halts tanking test for Artemis moon rocket

April 14, 2022 Stephen Clark

A hydrogen leak near the connection between NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket and its mobile launch platform foiled another attempt Thursday to pump cryogenic propellants into the towering mega-booster at the Kennedy Space Center.

Live coverage: Technical issues again prevent full loading of SLS tanks

April 14, 2022 Stephen Clark

NASA tried for the third time Thursday to load cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants into the Space Launch System moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center, after ground system issues cut short a countdown rehearsal on two occasions earlier this month. But a hydrogen leak in the connection between the launch platform and the core stage again forced officials to call off the countdown.