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NASA fires up RS-25 Artemis moon rocket engine test for 500 seconds
NASA fired up RS-25 engine No. 20001 at the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The test lasted about "eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time RS-25 engines fire during a launch of an SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Artemis missions to the Moon,

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NASA's towering SLS moon rocket could be rolled out soon in Florida
NASA prepares to roll out mega Artemis II rocket ahead of moon mission
NASA chief shares vision of 'teeing up series of grand Artemis missions' to moon
As NASA teams prepare to roll out the hulking 322-foot Artemis II Space Launch System rocket ahead of launch, Administrator Jared Isaacman said the upcoming 10-day crewed mission is "going to tee up a...

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What to know as NASA and SpaceX prepare for Crew-11 medical evacuation
NASA evacuates ailing astronaut from space station
Photographer Captures SpaceX's Dragon Streaking Through Sky
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Crew-11 astronauts has splashed down into the ocean. It will be the first-ever medical evacuation of astronauts from the International Space Station.

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NASA Crew-11 to undock early from space station after astronaut faces health concerns
Footage Shows Crew-11 Depart ISS in Medical Evacuation
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NASA tears down old Apollo test stands in Alabama, while prepping for Artemis-2

NASA began demolishing part of its own history over the weekend. Crews at the Marshall Space Flight Center are removing the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and the Dynamic Test Facilities. These structures prepared the engines for the space shuttle and the Apollo moon missions.
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NASA Readies Upgraded SLS Engine For Initial Hot Fire Acceptance Tests

Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center deliver, lift, and install the first new production RS-25 engine on the Fred Haise Test Stand on Feb. 18. Credit: NASA/Danny Nowlin NASA’s Stennis Space Center will begin acceptance testing next month of newly ...
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Brand-New Space Shuttle Engine Fired Up in Mississippi in First Full Duration Test

Almost four months after the American space agency NASA installed the first newly built RS-25 Space Shuttle engine on the Fred Haise Test Stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, hardware testing is finally underway. The RS-25 is a very old name ...
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NASA video of moon rocket test shows something just went seriously wrong

Debris scatters on June 26, 2025, during a static fire test of a new solid rocket motor at a Northrop Grumman facility in Utah. The motor is supposed to be used in later Artemis moon missions. A test of a new rocket motor for NASA’s future moon missions ...
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NASA Sets Jan. 17 For SLS Rollout

CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA plans to roll out the next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule on Jan. 17 or soon after ahead of launch of the Artemis II mission to send astronauts into deep space for the first time in more than 52 years.

NASA could be weeks away from its biggest test in decades

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.
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