Nel suo "banco di prova" nello Utah, ieri Northrop Grumman Corporation Innovation Systems ha effettuato un test su un booster di SLS. L'accensione è servita per testare la qualità costruttiva di alcuni materiali e validarne dei nuovi per l'utilizzo futuro. Fonte: NASA TV | AstronautiCAST

Fired up! Did you miss today's booster test for our Space Launch System, the world’s most powerful rocket? Watch it now! During the SLS 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 our journey to Mars. More: http://www.nasa.gov/sls | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Don't panic, it's just NASA testing the new SLS booster! | SciencePorn

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration just rolled out the Space Launch System (SLS), an 11-million-pound rocket built to return humans to the moon. 🚀🌕 This powerful launch vehicle will carry the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts around the Moon and beyond Earth orbit for the first time since Apollo 17. It took 12 hours to move the rocket just four miles to the launch pad. With over 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, the SLS is NASA’s most powerful rocket to date.