Static Fire

SLS Flight Support Booster-2 Static Fire

Promontory, Utah

Thursday, July 21, 2022 · 20:00 UTC

Static Fire

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Flight Support Booster-2 (FSB-2) is a full-scale static test of a Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket booster motor. The FSB-2 test builds off the Flight Support Booster-1 test conducted in September 2020 and will demonstrate a newly qualified motor initiation system and qualify a new ablative lining to protect the booster nozzle.

Type

Static Fire

Duration

N/A

Location

Promontory, Utah

Status

Scheduled

Programs

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Artemis

The Artemis program is a US government-funded crewed spaceflight program that has the goal of landing "the first woman and the next man" on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region.

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