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Saturday, January 16, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: NASA Space Launch System Test Firing Aborts after 60 Seconds
The SLS core stage engines shut down a little more than a minute into the planned eight-minute firing. https://t.co/B639YAgQec pic.twitter.com/CxWKqkm3Vf
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) January 16, 2021
After 13 years of development and 18 billion dollars spent on development, the Space Launch System core stage test firing shut down 60 seconds into a planned 8 minute test firing, just at the point the engine gimbal test was to start.
The NASA TV commentators are still reading from the script for a successful test.
Update: “Major component failure” (2020-01-16 22:47 UTC)
From the NASA TV replay, a controller says they got an MCF on Engine 4. “But we’re still running. We’ve got four good engines, right?” another controller says. The engines continue to run for another 10-15 seconds before shutdown. https://t.co/Ve1TgS6MyX
— Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) January 16, 2021
Posted at January 16, 2021 22:35