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Right here and on the artemis rocket the orion capsule sits up top. this is the space shuttle. these two white solid rocket boosters, those all use parts from the space shuttle on the artemis rocket. where they're running into trouble are these engines, these are the rs-25 engines, there are four of them that have been moved off the shuttle and on to the bottom of the core stage of the sls artemis rocket. one of those rockets, engine number 3, is running into some issues. the engineers and there are 91 engineers inside the kennedy space center right now troubleshooting these engine problems ri...

Events at this point. let's see. so far i did mention we powered up yesterday. later in the afternoon or last night, we did power up the rf systems on all of the vehicles on orion on the core stage. the checkouts and tests, those all went really well. we finished those into the early hours of the morning this morning. we did also work our engine final preps on the core stage yesterday got through all of those and again those finished early last this morning as well. about 1:00 in the morning, we've done the battery charging on both orion and the core stage. those are complete. so that's all go...

Its colossal size means it's really heavy, so it needs lots of power. it has four engines, but even those aren't enough to get this rocket off the ground, so what it also needs are these two huge boosters. they all use fuel, and the biggest part, called the core stage, is full of fuel. in fact, fuel makes up 90% of the weight of this entire rocket. now, you might be wondering where the astronauts will go. well, it's here, near the top, in the orion crew capsule. but not this time. this is a test flight, so there are no people on board. the time has come to put the space launch system to the te...

So what it also needs are these two huge boosters. they all use fuel, and the biggest part, called the core stage, is full of fuel. in fact, fuel makes up 90% of the weight of this entire rocket. now, you might be wondering where the astronauts will go. well, it's here, near the top, in the orion crew capsule. but not this time — this is a test flight, so there are no people on board. the time has come to put the space launch system to the test. as it readies for blast—off from cape canaveral in florida on launch pad 39b — the same one used for apollo — it will be nerve—racking. thre...

And nasa's huge rocket. it's called the space launch system, or sls for short, and it's the most powerful rocket ever built by the us space agency. it stands nearly 100 metres — about 320 feet — tall, roughly the same height as a 32—storey building. its colossal size means it's really heavy, so it needs lots of power. it has four engines, but even those aren't enough to get this rocket off the ground, so what it also needs are these two huge boosters. they all use fuel, and the biggest part, called the core stage, is full of fuel. in fact, fuel makes up 90% of the weight of this entire r...