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RS-25 engine for SLS test-fired

Submit on Friday, March 11th, 2016 22:59

NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have test-fired the Space Launch System’s first RS-25 flight engine, E2059, for 500 seconds at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The Space Launch System (SLS) is the United States’ next-generation heavy lift launch vehicle, and it will be capable of lifting three times more payload capability than any existing launch vehicle.

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