NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket May Be One Step Closer to Launch

NASA decided to kick off the year by performing a test on the Space Launch System that's destined to put the first woman on the moon. But things didn’t go quite as expected. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Learn more about NASA’s 2024 Artemis Moon Landing Mission » https://bit.ly/3pJViWQ NASA has been prepping its new SLS rocket, and working with partners to build a new crew capsule known as Orion. In addition to the capsule, SLS can also carry astronauts and cargo to the Moon in a single mission. But the rocket wasn’t just designed to get humans back to the Moon. In fact it’s the first deep space rocket developed for crewed missions by NASA since the famous Saturn V rocket, used for the Apollo Program. NASA defines the design of SLS as flexible and evolvable, which will allow for longer scientific robotics missions deeper into space. This is possible because of the multiple configurations of SLS that can achieve not only various payload capacities, but also maximum thrust. Making it adaptable for crewed and cargo missions to the Moon as well as other planets. #nasa #space #astronauts #moon #seeker #science #elements Read More: NASA likely to redo hot-fire test of its Space Launch System core stage https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/nasa-likely-to-redo-hot-fire-test-of-its-space-launch-system-core-stage/ "The agency found that the test, conducted at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, was automatically shut down by an out-of-limits reading of hydraulic pressure in the thrust vector control mechanism used to gimbal, or steer, the engines." NASA SLS computer development branching to support first flight, future upgrades https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/02/sls-computer-development-first-flight-future/ "The first SLS vehicle will be assembled at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida later this year, and a critical set of c