Source: South China Morning PostNasa successfully carried out a key static test of its troubled Space Launch System rocket on Thursday, a win for the agency as it prepares to return to the moon.The second “hot fire” test saw all four of the rocket’s RS-25 engines fire simultaneously at 4.40pm Eastern time for the full duration of eight minutes, producing a maximum of 1.6 million pounds of thrust (7.1 million newtons).“The applause says a lot about how the team feels,” Bill Wrobel, an official in charge of the test, said…Read More