The NASA continues its preparations to travel into deep space. Thursday tested for 500 seconds the engines of their RS-25 rockets, which will be used to carry humans on a long distance journey for the first time in 45 years.
NASA declared as a “milestone” the tests, which were conducted at the Stennis space Center in Mississippi in the United States.
“very exciting days come with the return to deep space and trip to Mars. These tests are a big step forward to achieve it, “he said Rick Gilbrech, director of Stennis.
This was the first test for engines, which are part of the new Space Launch System (SLS), built for go to red planet and humans lead to an asteroid.
the engines have already proven their worth, as were those who placed in the space 135 missions between 1981 and 2011 .
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