NASA Stennis Communications
Mar 22, 2024
NASA continued a crucial RS-25 engine test series for future Artemis flights of the company’s effective SLS (Space Launch System) rocket March 22 with a hot fire on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. It marked the 10th hot fire in a 12-test series to license production of brand-new RS-25 engines by lead professional Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3 Harris Technologies business. The NASA Stennis test group fired the accreditation engine for 500 seconds, or the very same quantity of time engines need to fire to assist release the SLS rocket to area with astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft. Operators powered the engine approximately a level of 113%, which is beyond the 111% power level brand-new RS-25 engines utilize to supply extra thrust. Checking as much as the 113% power level supplies a margin of functional security. Freshly produced engines will power NASA’s SLS rocket on Artemis objectives to the Moon and beyond, starting with Artemis V. For Artemis objectives I-IV, NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne customized 16 previous area shuttle bus engines for usage on the SLS rocket. 4 RS-25 engines fire concurrently to assist introduce each SLS rocket, producing approximately 2 million pounds of combined thrust. Through Artemis, NASA will develop the structure for long-lasting clinical expedition at the Moon, land the very first lady, very first individual of color, and very first worldwide partner astronaut on the lunar surface area, and get ready for human explorations to Mars for the advantage of all. RS-25 tests at NASA Stennis are performed by a varied group of operators from NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Syncom Space Services, prime specialist for website centers and operations.
