The Space Launch System rocket will roll out ahead of a planned Nov. 14 launch.
NASA adds that engineers have also replaced batteries on the rocket's interim cryogenic propulsion stage , which was"powered up for a series of tests to ensure the stage is functioning properly." Final confidence checks were also completed on the ICPS, the rocket's second stage that will propel it and the Orion capsule toward the moon once SLS's solid rocket boosters and core stage have been jettisoned following liftoff and first-stage burn.
There are still several systems that engineers continue to work on, including replacing batteries on the rocket's core stage and upper section. Testing of the flight termination system, which is designed to destroy the SLS if something goes wrong during launch, will resume next week once the rocket is back at the pad, NASA wrote.Follow Brett on Twitter at
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