Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Dec. 5 deliberately pushed the world’s largest rocket fuel tank beyond its design limits to really understand its breaking ...
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program is concluding its structural qualification test series with one upcoming final test that will push the design for the rocket’s liquid oxygen tank to its limits ...
During a similar test earlier this month, sensors detected a leak of super-cooled liquid hydrogen – rocket fuel for NASA's SLS rocket.
NASA confirmed that the replaced seals are stable and functioning as expected under cryogenic and pressure conditions.
The upcoming 1.4-million-gallon liquid hydrogen tank at Kennedy Space Center will increase the rate at which NASA can conduct launch attempts. Reading time 4 minutes Preparations for the crewed ...