An RS-25 engine fired up for 500 seconds June 11 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
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NASA began work May 13 on a major milestone in its preparation for testing the core stage of its new Space Launch System (SLS), beginning lifts of large structural steel sections onto the B-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center.
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A billowing plume of steam signals a successful 450-second test of the RS-25 rocket engine May 28 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
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Recognizing that technology drives exploration, NASA has selected four teams of agency technologists for participation in the Early Career Initiative (ECI) pilot program.
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As Yogi Berra famously quipped, 2014 was like “déjà vu all over again” for NASA’s Stennis Space Center, the nation’s largest rocket engine test complex.
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As Yogi Berra famously quipped, 2014 was like “déjà vu all over again” for NASA’s Stennis Space Center, the nation’s largest rocket engine test complex.
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How easy would it be to take the engine out of your current car and stick it into a different car? If you’re a mechanic, you know it is entirely possible but would take some care. That’s what NASA’s doing now to get the RS-25 rocket engine that successfully powered the space shuttle fleet for 30 years ready to fly on the Space Launch System (SLS).
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Water piping is installed near the B-1/B-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center.
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The average household faucet flows about two gallons of water per minute through a half-inch pipe. Imagine the pipe it would take to flow 335,000 gallons per minute.
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The new derrick crane atop the B-1/B-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center has been load tested and commissioned for operational use.
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