Aviation Week reports that “NASA has conducted the first in a planned series of 12 ground-test firings to certify the upgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engine for the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.”
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NASA Completes Another RS-25 Test
ExecutiveGov reported that NASA “has completed another hot fire test of an RS-25 certification engine as part of a test series to certify the production of the redesigned engines that will be used for the Space Launch System rocket to support future Artemis missions.” NASA said Friday that the engine “was fired for more than eight minutes at up to 113 percent power, exceeding the required 111 percent level to power the SLS during launch.” The 11th hot fire test “was conducted on the Fred Haise Test Stand at Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.”
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NASA Carries Out Hot Fire Test of RS-25 Engine
ExecutiveGov reports that NASA has conducted a hot fire test of an RS-25 certification engine on the Fred Haise Test Stand at Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, “to validate its performance capabilities in supporting future deep space missions.” The engine was powered for eight and a half minutes by firing up to 113% power, which surpasses the requirement of 111% power to launch NASA’s Space Launch System for future Artemis missions. The hot fire “is part of a test series to certify production of the redesigned RS-25 engine for future deep space exploration missions, starting with Artemis V.”
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