NASA unveiled its new giant rocket on Thursday evening. NASA (the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is preparing to launch its new giant Moon rocket for the first time. The rocket, known as the Space Launch System (SLS), was taken to Kennedy Space Center to conduct a counting test. Here are the details
The transportation of the rocket took 10 hours and 28 minutes
SLS rocket, which is used for Artemis missions, NASA started to move around 17.00 on Thursday evening. The rocket, which was at Kennedy Space Center, presented a striking image with the sunset. Because of the rocket’s size, NASA said the journey took about 10 hours and 28 minutes to complete.
It will be recognized that he is ready to send an unmanned test capsule around him. This is expected to happen in a few months. At the same time, there is a hope that astronauts will go to the Moon with an SLS rocket in the future.
The rocket, taller than the Statue of Liberty, is not listed as NASA’s tallest system. The title goes to ‘Saturn V’, which NASA used as part of the Apollo Program from 1967 to 1973. However, the SLS was designed to be more powerful than these vehicles.
Rocket is preparing for April 3 rehearsal
The rocket, which was taken out of the assembly building and taken to the launch platform, appeared for the first time combined with different parts. Tom Whitmeyer, NASA’s exploratory systems development division, said:
Coming out of the assembly building ready for use is an extremely important moment. Seeing the next generation of an exploration class vehicle with super heavy payload power is a moment to remember.
It took 10 hours for the extremely heavy rocket to be brought to the launch platform 5 kilometers ahead. The engineers stopped the tractor along the way and checked that everything was in order. Now SLS will allegedly prepare for the rehearsal, which will be held on April 3.
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