News 6 partner Florida Today reports.The 212-foot Space Launch System core stage fired its four RS-25 main engines at Stennis Space Center just before 5:30 p.m.
Eastern time, sending a plume of exhaust towering above the B-1/B-2 test stand. The NASA center is located about 30 miles northeast of New Orleans.“We did get an MCF on engine four,” a control room member said less than a minute into the test fire, using an initialism that stands for “major component malfunction.”“Copy that, but we’re still running,” another official said. “Still have four good engines, right?”The engines fired for 12 more seconds after the exchange before an automatic, computer-controlled shutdown was called.