Tag: SSME
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RS-25 hot fire opens 2018 testing for SLS engines
The RS-25 test team conducted their first hot-fire test of the year in the A-1 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The Tuesday afternoon test continued development work started with Development Engine 0528 (E0528) in last month’s hot-fire. The six-minute long firing put the new, “3D printed” pogo accumulator assembly through a…
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RS-25 hot fires with 3D printed Pogo – Facility issue cuts test short
Following closely on the heels of certifying one set of RS-25 engine upgrades and updates for the first Space Launch System (SLS) flights, NASA and RS-25 prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne have begun the next phase of testing on Wednesday afternoon. This involved the hot firing of development engine 0528 (E0528) at the Stennis Space Center…
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Stennis fires up an untested RS-25 engine
The RS-25 test team at Stennis Space Center hot-fired an untested flight engine on the A-1 Test Stand Thursday to help complete certification of design changes to fly on the Space Launch System (SLS). The test is another step towards the flagship test firing of all four engines on the B-2 Test Stand. RS-25 Test:…
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RS-25 fires up again in another controller test for SLS
A little more than two weeks after the last test, the RS-25 test team acceptance tested the next completed engine controller unit (ECU) that will eventually fly on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle. Another flight-duration hot-fire of Development Engine 0528 (E0528) occurred Wednesday afternoon local time in the A-1 test stand at the…
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RS-25 conducts another hot fire as SLS flight engines line up for EM-1
The RS-25 engine team has conducted the latest engine controller unit (ECU) hot-fire acceptance test on Tuesday in the A-1 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. NASA, RS-25 prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Stennis facilities contractor Syncom Space Services (S3) performed a flight-duration test firing of Development Engine 0528 (E0528) with the…
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Testing the controller – RS-25 hot fire test for SLS
The RS-25 engine team has performed the latest hot-fire test in the A-1 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Tuesday. NASA, RS-25 prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Stennis facilities contractor Syncom Space Services (S3) are attempting acceptance testing the second engine controller unit (ECU) slated to fly on the first launch…
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RS-25 engine controller involved in static fire test at Stennis
NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Syncom Space Services have conducted the first hot-fire test of a flight model RS-25 engine controller on Thursday afternoon. The eight-minute long test firing occurred in the A-1 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. RS-25 engines will power the Core Stage of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) launch…
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RS-25 conducts test for SLS as team waits on new engine controllers
The RS-25 team has conducted the latest hot-fire test of development engine 0528 at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Wednesday. While the team continues to wait for delivery of flight versions of the new engine controller units (ECU), they took the opportunity to conduct an engine test firing to evaluate a design trade-off…
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Educating the SLS engines – Brains for the RS-25s undergoing certification
The effort to certify the Space Launch System RS-25 engines for the first launch will soon reach a critical milestone with the delivery of the first flight model engine controller unit (ECU). NASA is planning to finish its first-flight certification program next year, culminating in the planned shipment of the four flight engines to the…
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RS-25 fires up again in latest SLS engine test
The latest static fire test of the development RS-25 engine (E0528) has taken place at the Stennis Space Center. The test is part of a series aimed at validating hardware and software elements, such as the improved engine controller, as the former Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) prepare to launch the opening Space Launch System (SLS)…