NASA is ready to launch a new rocket to orbit the moon. 美国国家航空航天局(NASA)准备发射一枚新火箭绕月飞行。 If the countdown gets to zero as planned, a rocket launches today from the Kennedy Space Center. 如果按计划倒数到零,一枚火箭将于今天从肯尼迪航天中心发射。 It will carry a spacecr...
The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand during a hot fire test Jan. 16, 2021, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.NASA Television To carry the next generation of astronauts to the moon, you ...
A full moon sets behind NASA's Space Launch System rocket atop pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. On Saturday, NASA started a two-day dress-rehearsal countdown and fueling test to clear the way for an unpiloted flight beyond the moon and back late this summer.William Harwood/CBS News L...
NASA is conducting one of the last major tests of its newSpace Launch Systemrocket and Orion spacecraft before its first uncrewed mission to the moon, tentatively scheduled for later this year. Known as the wet dress rehearsal, the test involves rolling the rocket out to Launch Pad 39B at N...
After months of tests, troubleshooting and repairs, engineers fueled the Space Launch System moon rocket for blastoff Monday on NASA's long-overdue Artemis 1 test flight— a mission to send an unpiloted Orion crew capsule on a 42-day mission beyond the moon and back. But after working ...
29 launch, halting the countdown clock at T-minus 40 minutes, after learning one of the rocket's four engines seemed not to be reaching the proper chilled temperature. Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light...
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A part of a booster that will bring Artemis 2 into space for its 2024 moon mission, alongside NASA's powerful Space Launch System. Here, engineers and technicians process the right forward center segment of the solid rocket booster inside the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility (RPSF) at ...
During the countdown, managers took time to discuss a problemcaused by Hurricane Nicolewhen the rocket was out on the launchpad during the storm. Some room-temperature vulcanizing material (RTV) – or silicone caulking – came loose off the base of the Orion spacecraft during the storm. The...
At its Florida launchpad, the fully assembled rocket, capped with the Orion spacecraft, is undergoing a two-day demonstration that involves filling the rocket with liquid fuel, practicing a countdown that stops right before ignition, and draining the tanks. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky The fou...