18 January 2021
NASA's SLS engine test ends early
.... The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run series. Unfortunately however, a problem occurred resulting in the...The team completed the first of the eight tests in the Green Run series before standing down in March due to the ongoing coronavirus...
15 January 2021
Orion now ready for its Moon mission later this year
... given the complexity and sheer size of the rocket. Green Runs include testing of three flight computers, more than 50 ...thrust. NASA has completed seven of the eight core stage Green Run tests and following a test readiness review this week, the...
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
... during launch and flight. Prior tests in the Green Run test series evaluated the integrated functionality and performance of... space exploration program. This final test in the Green Run series represents a major milestone for this nation’s return...
04 May 2020
NASA commits to future Artemis missions with more SLS rocket engines
... as part of the core stage, which is undergoing Green Run testing. “We’ve already begun production on the first six ... Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Here, the stage is undergoing Green Run testing, an integrated test of the entire new stage that ...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
...minutes. The SLS’s first big test, the ‘Green Run’ engine-firing test of the core stage in ...difficult to determine the actual costs of building the SLS.” In the long run, it seems that NASA accelerated SLS, but Congress failed to fund the billions...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... Space Shuttle programme The B-2 test stand at Stennis Space Center is currently being refitted for the SLS ‘green run’ - the test firing of the EM-1 integrated core stage. The test will be the largest liquid-engine test...
