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NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Resource Reel – June 2024

By |2024-07-08T17:09:27-04:00July 8th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This resource reel shows major milestones for NASA’s mega Moon rocket, the SLS (Space Launch System) from fall 2023 through early 2024. Teams across the country are manufacturing, building, and preparing hardware for SLS rockets that will power the first crewed Artemis missions with Artemis II and III and the first flights of SLS in [...]

Artemis I Launch (Press Site)

By |2024-04-03T00:09:06-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop launches the agency’s Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16 from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Moon rocket and spacecraft lifted off at 1:47 a.m. ET. The Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of the agency’s [...]

SLS-4091 August 2022 Artemis I Resource Reel 081922

By |2022-09-05T16:24:36-04:00September 5th, 2022|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This resource reel shows major milestones for NASA’s Moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) as it prepared its first flight on the Artemis I mission. Video highlights the SLS roll out to Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, stacking of the major rocket parts inside Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building, Green [...]

What were the sparks under the Space Shuttle before launch?

By |2020-10-06T10:55:33-04:00October 6th, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Before a Space Shuttle liftoff, showers of sparks are seen flying around under the Space Shuttle's three main RS-25 engines (SSME's). What are those sparklers for and do they ignite the engines?The sparks are emitted by pyrotechnic devices called technically Radial Outward Firing Igniters (ROFIs) and colloquially "sparklers".#TwoMinuteTuesday #olhzn2MT #SpaceShuttleConnect with me here ➡ https://solo.to/olhznMEMBERS [...]

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