As the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket prepares for its first flight as soon as late August, Northrop Grumman conducted the program’s Flight Support Booster-2 test firing on Thursday at its facility in Promontory, Utah.
The Flight Support Booster-2 test is part of an ongoing program to ensure the continued safety and flight-worthiness of the large solid rocket boosters (SRBs) that will provide 75% of the SLS system’s total thrust through its first two minutes of flight.
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