SLS Green Run static fire cut short by “intentionally conservative” test limits

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SLS Green Run static fire cut short by “intentionally conservative” test limits

Updated 7:45 p.m. Eastern with details from briefing.WASHINGTON — A static-fire test of the Space Launch System core stage ended early Jan. 16 when a hydraulic system for one its four engines hit an “intentionally conservative” limit during the test.In a Jan. 19 statement, NASA said the hydraulic system for Engine 2 on the core stage “exceeded the pre-set test limits that had been established” for the Green Run test. “As they were programmed to …