[TRENDING: Can Trump run for president again? | New $1,400 stimulus checks? | Fla. begins COVID vaccine appointment system]The test happening Saturday is known as a “Green Run” test.
During the event, engineers will fire up the rocket engines on the rocket’s core stage. This is the eighth and, hopefully, final test in the “Green Run” test series needed to prepare the rocket for launch and really put the pedal to the metal testing its power and capabilities.The SLS core stage booster contains the liquid hydrogen tank and liquid oxygen tank, along with four RS-25 engines as well as the computers that serve as the “brains” of the rocket.View the video below to see the core stage on the test stand during the wet dress rehearsal in December.It’s.