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[b]NASA TV to Air Second Rocket Test for Artemis Moon Missions[/b] NASA is targeting a two-hour test window that opens at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) Thursday, March 18, for the second hot fire test of the core stage for the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The agency plans to begin live coverage on NASA Television, the agency's website, and the NASA app approximately 30 minutes before the hot fire. The team will refine the timeline as it proceeds through operations. NASA will provide updates on the operations and the target hot fire time at @NASA and the Artemis blog. On test day, engineers will power up all the core stage systems, load more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic, or supercold, propellant into the tanks, and fire the rocket's four RS-25 engines at the same time to simulate the stage's operation during launch, generating 1.6 million pounds of thrust. A post-test briefing will follow on NASA Television approximately two hours after the test.
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