It is business as usual as NASA engineers prepare for an upcoming RS-25 rocket engine test at Stennis Space Center. They are well-versed on all of the pre-test work to be done, having conducted a very ...

NASA kicked off the final certification series for its Artemis moon-rocket engines with a dramatic "hot fire" test this week. The RS-25 developmental design for engine E0525 passed its first hotfire ...

NASA is set to kick off a series of tests to ensure the updated RS-25 engine is ready and reliable for powering the SLS megarocket. Reading time 3 minutes NASA is gearing up to start a crucial series ...

Engineers are getting ready to put the pressure on hardware for the world’s most powerful rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System, as part of a rigorous test series to ensure each structure can withstand ...

NASA has conducted the first in a planned series of 12 ground-test firings to certify the upgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engine for the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. SLS is to ...

NASA has completed a 535-second test of its Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket engine to collect engine performance data. The test was conducted at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, ...

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While NASA’s Artemis program may ultimately abandon the Space Launch System rocket, for now, Melbourne-based L3Harris is pushing forward with the manufacture of the powerful rocket’s core stage ...

Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center deliver, lift, and install the first new production RS-25 engine on the Fred Haise Test Stand on Feb. 18. Credit: NASA/Danny Nowlin NASA’s Stennis Space Center ...

Things have been going swimmingly at NASA of late. On top of the triumph that was NASA's Pluto fly-by last month (New Horizon got a nice haul from that, collecting data that will take months to ...

The 550-second test was only the first of 12. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA kicked off the final certification series for ...