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NASA’s Massive Artemis Moon Rocket Set for Second Hot Fire Test Today 1500 EDT (1900 UTC)

Accepted submission by martyb at 2021-03-18 12:13:37 from the will it go well or will it go BOOM? dept.
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NASA’s Massive Artemis Moon Rocket Set for Second Hot Fire Test – Watch Live Coverage Today [scitechdaily.com]:

NASA is targeting a two-hour test window that opens at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 18, for the second [nasa.gov] 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 [nasa.gov], and the NASA app [nasa.gov] 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 [twitter.com] and the Artemis blog [nasa.gov].

[...] A post-test briefing will follow on NASA Television approximately two hours after the test.

Previously:
Green Run Update: NASA Proceeds with Plans for Second Hot Fire Test [soylentnews.org]
After a Decade, NASA’s Big Rocket Fails its First Real Test [soylentnews.org] NASA TV to Air Hot Fire Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Missions [soylentnews.org]


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