One of the main elements of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage that makes it more than just a big fuel tank is the Main Propulsion System (MPS). All the equipment for the care and feeding of uprated Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME), adapted for SLS by Aerojet Rocketdyne as the RS-25, is repackaged from the backend of Space Shuttle Orbiters into a more traditional inline rocket stage.
As engineers finalize the removal of Main Propulsion System (MPS) hardware from the retired Space…
Kennedy Space Center engineers have begun removing Main Propulsion System (MPS) hardware from the aft…
NASA managers have further refined their plans to transfer Orbiter and Ground Support Equipment (GSE)…
NASA’s three retired Space Shuttle orbiters are set to donate their entire Main Propulsion Systems…
For what is likely the last time during the execution of the Space Shuttle launch/mission…
The push to return Discovery back to launch operations has begun, with initial troubleshooting via…