Testing on rocket engine’s ‘heart’ concludes at Stennis
by MBJ Staff Published: December 17,2012
Tags: aerospace, development, engine, powerpack, research, rocket, space, space exploration, space program, technology, test
HANCOCK COUNTY — NASA has taken another step toward human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. At the agency’s Stennis Space Center, engineers conducted the final test-firing of the J-2X powerpack assembly, an important component of America’s next heavy-lift rocket. The J-2X engine is the first human-rated liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen engine [...] [...]
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