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Engineers Test Hydrogen Burn-off Igniters for Space Launch System

Sparks fly as a hydrogen burn-off igniter test is conducted May 5 at the Redstone Test Center on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.
Sparks fly as a hydrogen burn-off igniter test is conducted May 5 at the Redstone Test Center on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.

Sparks fly as a hydrogen burn-off igniter test is conducted May 5 at the Redstone Test Center on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. The igniters will be used for NASA’s Space Launch System to burn off any free hydrogen that can potentially collect at the aft of the rocket about 10 seconds before liftoff.

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