Yesterday, Northrop Grumman conducted a static test of the solid fuel booster rocket, which will be part of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
The rocket engine was started on Wednesday at 21:05 Polish time and ran for just over two minutes.
The FSB-1 rocket test will enable engineers to evaluate new materials, processes and improvements to the booster rocket that will power the Space Launch System from the fourth SLS launch scheduled for the mid-1920s.
The 47-meter-long rocket placed on the test bench generated 16,000 kN of thrust, or 20 percent. more than with a space shuttle launch.
Space Launch System and the lunar mission program
The segments of two booster rockets that will fly in the first unmanned test flight of the SLS rockets have arrived at the Space Center. John F. Kennedy in June after a long journey from the Northrop Grumman factory in Utah. Their integration with the Artemis 1 flight rocket will be possible after a critical full static test of the main part of the SLS rocket, which will be carried out later this year at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
As part of the Artemis 1 mission, the SLS rocket will launch the Orion spacecraft into space, which will fly towards the Moon, orbiting it, and then returning to Earth a few weeks after launch. Correct completion of this mission will enable the implementation of the first manned mission of the SLS / Orion set in 2023. As part of this mission, the crew will also circle the moon.
It is only during the third SLS / Orion mission that an attempt will be made to land on the south pole of the moon as part of the Artemis 3 mission.
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The SLS booster rocket flooded the hill with fire. The test was successful
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