Nasa delays final test for moon shot
WASHINGTON
Published: 05:04 PM,Apr 06,2022 | EDITED : 09:04 PM,Apr 06,2022
The latest test of Nasa's giant Moon rocket SLS has been suspended to allow for a SpaceX rocket to launch later this week, the US space agency announced. The dress rehearsal for the giant Space Launch System is taking at launch pad 39B at Cape Canaveral, Florida -- where SpaceX is scheduled to lift off from pad 39A on Friday.
The test of the rocket, which is to return humans to the Moon, is now expected to resume shortly after the take-off of the SpaceX flight, which is to carry three businessmen and a former astronaut to the International Space Station. The 322-foot SLS rocket will remain on its launch pad while waiting. In this final test before blast-off for the Moon later this year, all the steps leading up to launch must be rehearsed, from filling the tanks to the final countdown, which will be stopped just before the engines fire. - AFP
The test of the rocket, which is to return humans to the Moon, is now expected to resume shortly after the take-off of the SpaceX flight, which is to carry three businessmen and a former astronaut to the International Space Station. The 322-foot SLS rocket will remain on its launch pad while waiting. In this final test before blast-off for the Moon later this year, all the steps leading up to launch must be rehearsed, from filling the tanks to the final countdown, which will be stopped just before the engines fire. - AFP