NASA is finally ready to begin the test fire and development program for the engines that will push the Space Launch System (SLS) uphill in 2018 and beyond. The RS-25 – formally known as the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) – will enjoy a test program that will also evaluate higher inlet pressures and a state of the art controller, as the veteran engines gain a new lease of life.
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The return of RS-25 engine testing at the Stennis Space Center has been delayed, following…
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The Stennis Space Center is just weeks away from returning to RS-25 engine testing, following…
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NASA’s famous Pegasus Barge – best known for transporting External Tanks from the Michoud Assembly…
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The four RS-25 engines selected for the debut launch of the Space Launch System (SLS)…
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The RS-25 – the engine that enjoyed a hugely successful career with the Space Shuttle…
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The Scale Model Acoustic Test (SMAT) – a mini-me version of the SLS – has…
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NASA’s Stennis Space Center is deep into preparations for numerous engine testing for the Space…
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Following a 30 year career with the Space Shuttle Program, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s RS-25…
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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is deep into preparations for the key milestone of the…
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The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is constructing a scaled version of the Space Launch…
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The Space Launch System (SLS) heat shields around its RS-25 engines will not follow the…
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Atlantis is closing in on the end of her Transition and Retirement (T&R) processing, following…
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SSME family prepare for SLS core stage role following Shuttle success
by Chris BerginNASA’s 15 Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) are being transported to the Stennis Space Center…
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The flagship of the shuttle orbiter fleet has received her three replica main engines, as…
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The Space Launch System (SLS) is undergoing final refinements – known as trades – on…
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NASA’s three retired Space Shuttle orbiters are set to donate their entire Main Propulsion Systems…
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A new schedule, created by NASA, has provided a “preliminary, budget restricted” manifest which places…
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Following its replacement on Atlantis’ SSME-3 (Space Shuttle Main Engine), the new Main Fuel Valve…
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Multiple efforts are under way for Atlantis’ STS-135 launch preparations, as her four member crew…