NASA said the 'hot-fire' test of the RS-25 engines that will power the Artemis lunar missions shut down prematurely

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.

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.

The mission is classified as a "tumble test," but NASA said this was expected to update the agency's performance and reliability knowledge for its future manned Apollo missions that will use the same RS-25 engines to power the largest rocket ever built.

It will also help NASA and commercial companies decide how to work with the RS-25 engines after they are developed and become redundant.

NASA says this hot-fire test will encourage the RS-25 to make better thermal management of the engines during launch.

The January 20 issue of Shukan Bunshun reported alleged backstage threats from a radio program director. Takashima Yutaka (center)

While we all want to "solve problems as they come," there may be circumstances where we can let the problem stand, even if we don't want it to. That's where comedian Takashima Yutaka (駀山竸) and magazine short magazine Shin'en Raijin come in.

On July 28, daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun released a report detailing an alleged encounter between Dore Keijo and a radio program director. The program director told the court that during one of two visits to a salon, on Jan. 16, the radio program director got angry about a—truth in advertising—performance involving two Australian comedians: Morrison and Franks. They said they encouraged paying customers to use an AIDS-free condom.

Afterwards, each comedian received ¥600 from a local guild. Ryoko Ame, manager of the salon Moujak (紅蔶), claimed did not know about the alleged warnings and she gave the money to Dore Keijo. Though Moujak did not notify its owners of the alleged incident, and it's unclear if any warning came from manager Ame, prior to the alleged encounter, the radio program director disclosed the harassment to Hiroyuki Haneda (義原 次), Hiroyosha Corporation Chairperson.

Busan police are continuing their investigation, so it's unclear whether police will issue any charges. "At this point, we are uncertain about whether or not the harassment will lead to other legal issues or legal consequences for Dore Keijo," a police spokesman said.

The short press release for Shin'en Raijin magazine read, "In these difficult times especially for critics, though their criticism has just appeared, it is responsive and avoids fearful so many sooner or slowly give up their
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