Despite president Donald Trump’s plans to phase out the Space Launch System rocket — but the agency seems to have other plans.
Despite president Donald Trump’s plans to phase out Boeing’s mega-expensive Space Launch System rocket for NASA, the agency is currently trundling ahead with the original plan.
As Ars Technica reports, NASA and Northup Grumman tested an experimental hydrogen-based propulsion engine this week that’s slated to launch the world’s first crewed trip to the Moon as part of the agency’s long-awaited Artemis mission.
Unfortunately, this week’s SLS engine test — the second such test launch in a week — experienced an anomaly during its firing at a facility in Utah.
