London, June 13 (Ians) US space agency NASA has assembled the first of its powerful Space Launch System (Sls) rockets, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon.
The engineers at Florida's Kennedy Space Center have finished lowering the 65m tall core stage in between two smaller booster rockets, the BBC reported on Saturday.
It is the first time all three key elements of the rocket have been together in their launch configuration, the report said.
The Sls, which is part of the agency's Artemis programme that will carry humans to the Moon this decade, will be launched later this year.
The Artemis-1 mission will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft onboard Sls to the Moon, while Artemis II will fly with a crew in 2023.
The Sls consists of the giant core stage, which houses propellant tanks and four powerful engines, flanked by two 54m long solid rocket boosters (SRBs). They provide...
The engineers at Florida's Kennedy Space Center have finished lowering the 65m tall core stage in between two smaller booster rockets, the BBC reported on Saturday.
It is the first time all three key elements of the rocket have been together in their launch configuration, the report said.
The Sls, which is part of the agency's Artemis programme that will carry humans to the Moon this decade, will be launched later this year.
The Artemis-1 mission will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft onboard Sls to the Moon, while Artemis II will fly with a crew in 2023.
The Sls consists of the giant core stage, which houses propellant tanks and four powerful engines, flanked by two 54m long solid rocket boosters (SRBs). They provide...
- 6/13/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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