Latest RS-25 test

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - NASA powered up its third RS-25 engine hot fire test of the new year Feb. 24, on the Fred Haise Test Stand. Operators fired the engine past recent testing at the 111 percent power level up to 113 percent. NASA is testing RS-25 engines to help power the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on future deep space missions. Each engine test in the current series at Stennis Space Center provides operational data to NASA's lead contractor, Aerojet Rocketdyne, on new components manufactured with state-of-the-art fabrication techniques as the company begins production on new RS-25 engines. (Source: NASA/SSC, 02/24/22) Previous