This week in 2017, NASA engineers successfully conducted the first RS-25 test of the year on the A-1 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The initial hot fire was part of a series of tests to be performed on both development and flight engines for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. Here, the RS-25 ran the scheduled 380 seconds, allowing engineers to monitor various engine operating conditions. Today, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is playing a vital role in the Artemis program by developing the SLS, the backbone of NASA’s exploration plans and the only rocket capable of sending humans to the Moon and Mars. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
Image Credit: NASA/KSC Unmanned Aerial Systems Team