STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. – The A-2 test stand at Stennis Space Center is being deactivated and placed on “standby” status now that the last space shuttle main engine test has been done. Engine No. 0525 was tested July 29, and the shuttle program is set to end in 2010. The new A-3 test stand is still being built and will be used for high-altitude testing of the J-2X engine that will be used in Ares I and Ares V rockets. Activation on the A-3 stand is scheduled to begin in early 2011. (Source: NASA, 08/20/09)
