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NASA’s Space Launch System Passes Critical Design Review, Drops Saturn V Color Motif
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) blasts off from launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in this artist rendering showing a view of the liftoff of the Block 1 70-metric-ton (77-ton) crew vehicle configuration. Credit: NASA/MSFC
The SLS, America’s first human-rated heavy lift rocket intended to carry astronauts to deep space destinations since NASA’s Apollo moon landing era Saturn V, has passed a key design milestone known as the critical design review (CDR), clearing the path to full scale fabrication.
NASA also confirmed they have dropped the Saturn V white color motif of the mammoth rocket in favor of orange to reflect the natural color of the SLS boosters first stage core.(…)
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/123036/nasas-space-launch-system-passes-critical-design-review-drops-saturn-v-color-motif/
