NASA Passes On Additional Space Launch System Tanking Test

Space Launch System on launch pad
Credit: NASA
NASA has decided it has enough data from a series of launchpad tanking tests on the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule to return the stack to the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and begin preparations for launch. The fourth Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) ended on June 20...
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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