NASA is taking advantage of RS-25 engine tests, such as the Sept. 6 test shown here, to not only test flight components for early Space Launch System flights but also to test components made a whole new way with modern manufacturing techniques.
NASA is taking advantage of RS-25 engine tests, such as the Sept. 6 test shown here, to not only test flight components for early Space Launch System flights but also to test components made a whole new way with modern manufacturing techniques. If test results are satisfactory, these components can be incorporated in engines made for later SLS missions. The SLS program has been testing the RS-25 engines since 2015 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, with more than 20 tests and more than 10,000 seconds worth of hot fire time.
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