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The First Artemis rocket stage in the direction of the Pegasus barge

The First core stage for Nasa's "mega rocket", the SLS, has its factory in New Orleans for the crucial tests for the assessment of readiness for Start-up.

The Space Launch System (SLS) is an important part of the Space Agency 's Artemis Program , whose goal is the return of the Americans to The Moon by the year 2024.

The Core stage is the heart of the new missile, and go through extensive testing in Mississippi .

On Wednesday, the sail was placed on a barge to its destination.

The Rocket , Built greater than a 30-storey building, for Nasa by Boeing.

the Nasa deputy administrator, Jim Morhard, the roll-out of The Rocket stage from the Michoud Assembly Facility (Maf) visited in New Orleans , where he was Built .

-core stage offers two million pounds of thrust to help the performance of The First Artemis mission, said The Moon

it represents "an exciting leap in the Artemis-program of the Nasa Team to make progress in the direction of the start-up ramp".

The Rocket program, which was announced in 2010, was hit by delays and cost overruns.

Some in the space community believe that it would be better to start from deep space missions on commercial rockets. But supporters of the program say that Nasa needs its own heavy-lift-launch-function.

After the roll-out of the Maf, The Core was loaded onto Nasa's Pegasus barge to travel through the water to the Stennis Space Center near Bay St Louis in Mississippi .

The stage is transported by water from its factory in New Orleans , Mississippi

The Test campaign at Stennis is the so-called "Green Run", and includes the whole of The Core -stage-systems at the same time for the First Time .

The Four powerful RS see-25 engines fired for approximately Eight Minutes (or maybe a little less), and throttled to different settings. This Will mimic The Levels of thrust at launch.

The SLS core stage includes two fuel Tanks that hold liquid oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen . Together, they hold a combined 733,000 gallons (2. 7 million liters) of fuel to power the engines.

The SLS is designed to re-use technology originally developed for the Space Shuttle program ran from 1981-2011.

The B-2 test stand Will be used at the Nasa Stennis Space Center, for The Green Run campaign

The RS-25 engines, which powered the orbiter are the same, and the SLS core stage is based on the external tank, to be fed, The Shuttle engines with fuel (albeit with significant modifications).

Two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) similar to the sit at the Start of The Shuttle - either on the side of the SLS core.

The Rocket Will provide The Power required to send the Orion spacecraft, Nasa's next-generation crew vehicle " - on the way to The Moon . The Rocket 's maiden launch (Artemis-1) is to be expected, some time in the year 2021.

graphic: The SLS provides the energy needed to send Orion on the way to The Moon

in the Past year, John Shannon , who has Boeing said the head of the SLS program for 2015, to me: "I suspect that, as soon as SLS is in The National -ability to lift no need for a heavy vehicle, as it is for many years. So this is really a once-in-a-generation opportunity. "

the heart is The largest stage that had been Built by Nasa, depending on the Louisiana factory, including the Saturn V rocket stages for the Apollo program.

"This is a historic moment for Nasa's Artemis Program and a proud time for the. Team as the First Flight of the article leaves the factory," said Julie Bassler, Nasa, SLS stages manager.

The Orion crew vehicle" and its service Module provided by the European Space Agency - tested in Ohio

Meanwhile, Nasa and its partners have completed the production of the Orion spaceship for The First Artemis mission. It is currently in final testing at the Plum Brook Station in Ohio.

For the Artemis-1 mission, which is to be sent Orion on a loop around The Moon to test the hardware in the deep space. The probe Will carry no crew.

to promote The First mission, the crew of the Artemis-2, the to send four astronauts to the lunar-flyby.

Artemis-3, the see targeted for 2024, A Man and a woman land on The Moon -the South pole - the First Time the astronauts traveled to The Moon 's surface since 1972.

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Source of news: bbc.com