On Tuesday, NASA is conducting the final qualification motor test of the Space Launch System’s booster that will one day carry astronauts to Mars. The test is...
Guests wait to watch the second and final qualification motor (QM-2) test for the Space Launch System’s booster, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Orbital ATK Propulsion Systems test facilities in Promontory, Utah. During the Space Launch System flight the boosters will provide more than 75 percent of the thrust needed to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth, the first step on NASA’s Journey to Mars.
(NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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