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NASA plans to fire up its massive SLS moon rocket this month – CNET

Before the first major Artemis mission takes off, NASA needs to prove its honking huge rocket system is up to the task. That calls for a hot fire test.

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The latest SLS Green Run tests are taking place at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
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NASA has big hopes for 2021, and one of its main goals is to launch Artemis I, an uncrewed moon mission meant to show that its Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket will be able to send humans to our lunar neighbor. But first, NASA plans to make some noise with a fiery SLS test this month.
NASA is nearing the end of the Green Run test series that puts the core stage — which the agency describes…

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