NASA’s Massive Artemis Moon Rocket Set for Second Hot Fire Test – Watch Live Coverage Today:
NASA is targeting a two-hour test window that opens at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 18, for the second hot fire test of the core stage for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
The agency plans to begin live coverage on NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app approximately 30 minutes before the hot fire. The team will refine the timeline as it proceeds through operations. NASA will provide updates on the operations and the target hot fire time at @NASA and the Artemis blog.
[...] A post-test briefing will follow on NASA Television approximately two hours after the test.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 18 2021, @11:56PM
An explosion now would leave a (theoretically) functional Orion capsule and ESM, worth about $1 billion each and potentially launchable using ULA's Vulcan. No, I'm expecting the big fireworks to happen during launch when it will be the most expensive, cause the most delays, and won't leave an opportunity for a competing rocket to save the day.