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  1. NASA test of mega Moon rocket engines cut short
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  3. NASA conducted a test firing of the engines for its giant Space Launch System (SLS) lunar rocket on Saturday but they shut down earlier than planned, the space agency said.
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  5. The "hot-fire" test at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi was supposed to last a little over eight minutes -- the time the engines would burn in flight -- but they shut down just over a minute into the burn.
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  7. "Teams are assessing the data to determine what caused the early shutdown, and will determine a path forward," NASA said in a statement.
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  9. The SLS rocket is intended to launch the Artemis missions that will take US astronauts back to the Moon.
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  11. Despite being cut short, NASA said the test of the RS-25 engines had provided valuable information for the planned missions.
  12. for more:http://bit.ly/3qBmVT4
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