Successful test for largest rocket in history
NASA’s plan to take humans back to the moon by 2024 is on track and confirmed by a successful test launch in Utah, with Huntsville’s Marshall Flight Center playing a role in its development.
The test-fire was a joint effort from Northrup Grumman and NASA. NASA's Space Launch System designed the Flight Support Booster at the Marshall Flight Center before it was taken out to the desert to be fired.
The rocket is composed of a solid-fuel booster with five segments that cannot be switched off after igniting it. The ignition lasted two minutes and produced three million pounds’ worth of thrust.
The SLS rocket is designed to have two of these boosters. The SLS rocket will be lifting off from Cape Canaveral sometime next year if everything goes according to schedule. Graphic design could be used to show how such complex systems operate.
This particular rocket launch is part of the Artemis Program. Artemis is Apollo’s twin sister and tasked with meeting President Donald Trump’s call out to NASA to get the next man, and the first woman, on the moon by 2024, although according to John Honeycutt from the Marshall Flight Center, NASA is currently looking and working on programs beyond this. The solid-fuel boosters being built by Northrop Gumman are the largest solid-fuel boosters in history.
The test-fire was a joint effort from Northrup Grumman and NASA. NASA's Space Launch System designed the Flight Support Booster at the Marshall Flight Center before it was taken out to the desert to be fired.
The rocket is composed of a solid-fuel booster with five segments that cannot be switched off after igniting it. The ignition lasted two minutes and produced three million pounds’ worth of thrust.
The SLS rocket is designed to have two of these boosters. The SLS rocket will be lifting off from Cape Canaveral sometime next year if everything goes according to schedule. Graphic design could be used to show how such complex systems operate.
This particular rocket launch is part of the Artemis Program. Artemis is Apollo’s twin sister and tasked with meeting President Donald Trump’s call out to NASA to get the next man, and the first woman, on the moon by 2024, although according to John Honeycutt from the Marshall Flight Center, NASA is currently looking and working on programs beyond this. The solid-fuel boosters being built by Northrop Gumman are the largest solid-fuel boosters in history.