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NASA just fired up the most powerful rocket booster ever built — a key part of its Space Launch System to return humans to the moon – Business Insider Australia
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With a spark, a burst of flames, and a thunderous roar on Wednesday, NASA completed a pivotal test of a rocket booster expected to power a return to the moon.
The 176-foot boosters being tested – which NASA calls “the largest, most powerful boosters ever built for flight” – are part of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS), which it intends to use to fly astronauts to the lunar surface. It’s part of a larger program called Artemis: a roughly $US30 billion effort to put …
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