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NASA moon rocket’s faulty test-firing could delay 2021 launch – Business Insider – Business Insider
The Space Launch System’s engines were supposed to fire together for eight minutes, but they abruptly shut down after about one minute.
NASA’s mega-sized moon rocket hit a snag during a critical test on Saturday, and the error could further delay the agency’s effort to send astronauts back to the moon.
The rocket, called Space Launch System (SLS), is designed to eventually stand 365 feet (111 meters) and ferry astronauts to the moon sometime in the mid- to late-2020s. The system is an essential piece of a larger program called Artemis, a roughly $30 billion effort to put boots back on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972….
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