SLS Hot Fire Abort Traced To Test Configuration

SLS rocket core stage hot fire test.
Credit: NASA
Conservative test parameters for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage hot fire prompted the early but orderly shutdown of the Boeing-built booster’s four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines, NASA said on Jan. 19. The 212-ft.-long stage, serving as both test vehicle and flight hardware, was...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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