A test version of the interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS) for NASA's Space Launch System rocket is loaded into the test stand at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
A test version of the interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS) for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is loaded into the test stand at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Two simulators and four qualification articles of the upper part of the SLS will be stacked in the stand and subjected to forces similar to those experienced in flight. The ICPS joins the core stage simulator and launch vehicle stage adapter, which were loaded into the test stand earlier this fall.
Image Credit: NASA/MSFC/Brian C. Massey