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Second prevalve issue delays completion of SLS Core Stage Green Run campaign February 26, 2021 A problem with another one of the eight prevalves in the Artemis 1 Core Stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) has postponed a second test-firing to wrap up the Green Run campaign. The SLS Program’s first flight article has been installed in the B-2 Test Stand at the Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi since January 2020. After a liquid hydrogen prevalve was repaired in November, all the prevalves worked during tanking and firing tests until final preparations for a second Hot-Fire ...

United Launch Alliance Modifies Launch Pad and Facilities in Advance of First Vulcan Centaur Launch This Year Team Test Drives New Launch Platform from Processing Facility to Pad News provided by Share this article Share this article CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- United Launch Alliance (ULA) has modified Space Launch Complex-41 and the processing facilities in support of Vulcan Centaur's inaugural launch later this year. The multi-year project to prepare for the larger and more capable launch vehicle culminated in the new mobile launch platform being ...

NASA SLS Core Stage aborts high-stakes Green Run static fire January 16, 2021 NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program and Core Stage prime contractor Boeing were ready for the big moment of the rocket’s Green Run campaign and the biggest moment in the 10-year old program, a static firing of the stage. After a year of test cases at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, visits from hurricanes, and waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, an eight-minute long, flight-duration Hot-Fire test was planned for January 16 to demonstrate the readiness of the new rocket stage for its first launch. The fi...

Japan Aerospace ready to launch H3 rocket this year ANI | Updated: Jan 12, 2021 14:26 IST Tokyo [Japan], January 12 (ANI): Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Tuesday announced to launch its new flagship rocket H3 for paving the way for next-generation transportation technologies. "Building on the 98.1 per cent success of the H-IIA/B launch vehicle series, Japan is ready to launch this year its new flagship rocket #H3. JAXA (@JAXA_en) & partners are paving the way for next-generation transportation technologies for the #SpaceAge, tweeted Governme...

December 23, 2020 NASA partially completed the Green Run Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) test of the Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage on the second attempt in the B-2 Test Stand at the Stennis Space Center. The test was again conducted in secrecy on 20 December, and the test team was able to fill the rocket stage with its liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid hydrogen (LH2) propellants for the first time ever; however, a crucial, 10-minute long terminal countdown was aborted inside of the 5 minute mark when a valve failed to close within pre-set time limits. In a statement, NASA said that despite the ...