NASA Completes Upgraded Moon Rocket RS-25 Ground Tests

NASA RS-25 engine test firing
Credit: Danny Nowlin/NASA
NASA this week completed the last in a series of 12 hot-fire ground tests leading to certification of upgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 rocket engines for the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will launch future Artemis missions with astronauts to the Moon. The final, 500-sec...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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