Weight dress rehearsals to test the 322-foot Space Launch System (SLS) rocket began on Friday at the Kennedy Space Center in the US. It was supposed to be completed by Sunday, but some fans of the mobile launcher could not create positive pressure inside it. This pressure is needed to keep dangerous gases out. Because of this, NASA engineers could not proceed with the fuel-loading process. NASA has said that it is looking at the possibility of loading the fuel on Monday.
In its blog post, NASA has said that due to the loss in pressure generation in the mobile launcher, the teams have decided to investigate it.
Keep in mind that all procedures will be completed during the weight dress rehearsal. Apart from just launching the rocket, everything else will be seen. Thousands of gallons of fuel will also be loaded during this period. NASA also faced bad weather on Saturday night. Lightning struck towers around the rocket’s launchpad. NASA has reported that there were about four electric shocks. One of them had a higher intensity.
The SLS rocket includes the Super Heavy-Lift Expandable Launch Vehicle and the Orion spacecraft. The rocket will be launched this summer for the unmanned mission – Artemis 1. Later on, it will also take astronauts to the Moon. Under the Artemis program, NASA aims to use the SLS rocket for future Mars missions, in which humans will also be sent to Mars. That is, the SLS rocket is going to play an important role in sending humans to the Moon and then to Mars.
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