A key RS-25 engine test series for future Artemis flights of the agency’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket continued on March 22 with a hot fire on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Mar 22, 2024NASA continued a key RS-25 engine test series for future Artemis flights of the agency’s powerful SLS rocket March 22 with a hot fire on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.Full-duration RS-25 engine hot fireNASA continued a key RS-25 engine test series for future Artemis flights of the agency’s powerful SLS rocket March 22 with a hot fire on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Operators powered the engine up to a level of 113%, which is beyond the 111% power level new RS-25 engines use to provide additional thrust. Testing up to the 113% power level provides a margin of operational safety. Newly produced engines will power NASA’srocket on Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond, beginning with Artemis V. For Artemis missions I-IV, NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne modified 16 former space shuttle engines for use on the SLS rocket.
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