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Next-generation pad abort demonstrator technology is tested by Boeing Rocketdyne at a test stand at NASA's Marshall Space Flight
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Rocket Propulsion Testing

NASA’s Rocket Propulsion Test (RPT) Program Office provides the program management structure necessary to optimize utilization of NASA’s chemical rocket propulsion test assets while ensuring an Agency core capability for all aspects of chemical rocket propulsion testing is maintained.

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Propulsion Test Capabilities

The Rocket Propulsion Test (RPT) Program Office provides the program management structure necessary to optimize utilization of NASA’s chemical rocket propulsion test assets while ensuring an Agency core capability for chemical rocket propulsion testing is maintained.

The Rocket Propulsion Test (RPT) Program Office manages a portfolio of NASA chemical rocket propulsion test facilities located at John C. Stennis Space Center, John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field and Armstrong Test Facility, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center and White Sands Test Facility (Test Facility for the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center).

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A mounted field camera offers a close-up views as NASA conducts an RS-25 hot fire test on the Fred Haise Test Stand.
A mounted field camera offers a close-up views as NASA conducts an RS-25 hot fire test on the Fred Haise Test Stand.
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