NASA Mulls Next Step After SLS Hot-Fire Abort

January 22, 2021
Boeing Space Launch System rocket core stage
The core stage of the Boeing- built Space Launch System rocket was hot-fired on Jan. 16 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
Credit: NASA TV
Wary of damaging flight hardware, engineers designing the Space Launch System static engine fire set conservative parameters that would automatically cut off the test should sensors detect out-of-limit pressure, temperature or other conditions. Which is exactly what happened at 5:28 p.m. EST on Jan...

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