SLS Fueled During Practice Run, Clearing Path To Launch

NASA Space Launch System rocket on launchpad
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket was successfully fully fueled on the launchpad for the first time on June 20.
Credit: Ben Smegelsky/NASA
After nearly 12 years of development, NASA has completed the last major test of its Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, setting the stage for a series of missions to expand and sustain U.S. human presence beyond low Earth orbit. The final hurdle, like much of the Space Launch System...

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