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 by Staff Writers New Orleans LA (SPX) Sep 05, 2019
Technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans moved the engine section for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to another part of the facility on Sept. 3 to prepare it for joining to the rest of the rocket's core stage. The engine section, which comprises the lowest portion of the 212-foot-tall stage, is the last major component to be horizontally integrated to the core stage. The flight hardware will be used for Artemis I, the first lunar mission of SLS and NASA's Orion spacecraft. Crews completed assembly on the engine section on Aug. 29. NASA and Boeing engineers removed the scaffolding surrounding the hardware to use a special tool to properly position the engine section for its attachment to the rest of the stage. The core stage's two liquid propellant tanks and four RS-25 engines will produce more than 2 million pounds of thrust to send the SLS rocket and Orion on the Artemis lunar missions. The engine section houses the four RS-25 engines and includes vital systems for mounting, controlling and delivering fuel from the propellant tanks to the rocket's engines. NASA is working to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. SLS and NASA's Orion spacecraft, along with the Gateway in orbit around the Moon, are the backbone for deep space exploration. SLS is the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts and supplies to the Moon in a single mission.
US Sanctions Iran's Space Agency, Space Research Centre Days After Failed Satellite Launch Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 04, 2019 Iran stated on 29 August that a rocket had exploded at its Imam Khomeini Space Centre due to a malfunction during testing, rejecting claims that the incident had been "manipulated" from outside. The US has imposed sanctions on the Iranian Space Agency, Space Research Centre, and Astronautics Research Institute, the US Treasury said in a statement. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stated that Iran's space and research agencies were sanctioned for "engaging in proliferation-sensitive activit ... read more
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