Saturday 24 May 2014

Engineers Test NASA's SLS Booster Forward Skirt to the Limits

ROCKET SCIENCE
Engineers Test NASA's SLS Booster Forward Skirt to the Limits
Huntsville AL (SPX) May 23, 2014 - A critical connection between NASA's new rocket and its twin solid rocket boosters that will help it get to space proved it could withstand millions of pounds of launch stress during a series of ground tests that ended May 20. The booster forward skirt, which houses the electronics responsible for igniting, steering and jettisoning the two five-segment boosters and carries most of the forc ... more


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