US screw succeeds in ignition test for lunar exploration rocket engine

[아시아경제 조유진 기자] The rocket engine ignition test conducted by NASA as part of the Artemis project that sends humans back to the moon On the 18th (local time), the New York Times reported that it ended successfully.

On that day, four engines of the rocket named’Space Launch System’ (SLS) were ignited for 8 minutes at the Mississippi Stenis Space Flight Center.

“This is an important step in advancing our goals,” said Acting Nasa Director Steve Jurchik.

This was a test of the performance of the rocket in the same environment as the actual launch.

After successfully completing the test, NASA will send Boeing-built rockets to Florida’s Kennedy Space Center to prepare for actual launch.

This test sent humanity back to the moon half a century after the last lunar landing of the Apollo 17 in 1972.Is part of the’Artemis’ project. NASA aims to send a pair of male and female astronauts to the moon in 2024.

The SLS rocket will be mounted on the spacecraft’Orion’ developed by Lockheed Martin and will fly unmanned to orbit the moon. The launch schedule is scheduled for November this year, but NASA officials did not clarify the schedule, NYT said.

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