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March 05, 2015

Shaking test for for Space Launch System at Redstone Test Center
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 05, 2015
There's a whole lot of shaking going on at the Redstone Test Center in Alabama for NASA's new mega rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions, including to an asteroid and eventually Mars. NASA and The Boeing Co., prime contractor for the SLS core stage, have teamed up for thrust vector control actuator vibration testing with the Redstone Test Center's Dynamic Test Division on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The act ... read more

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