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See NASA’s Artemis moon rocket roar to life in dramatic hot-fire test – CNET
NASA cranked up the core stage of the SLS rocket for a second time after its first shot at the “Green Run” test ended too early.
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The second time was a charm. NASA completed a critical hot-fire test of its Space Launch System core stage on Thursday, a follow-up to a previous test that didn’t go as planned. The event lasted about eight minutes and created a massive billowing cloud that stretched into a nearby forest at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
NASA wants to escort humans back to the moon. The agency has been aiming for an uncrewed Artemis I around-the-moon mission later in 2021, but…
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