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Redesigned Moon Rocket Engine Tested at Stennis Space Center

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Tom Patton
Dec 20, 2022
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NASA conducted the first test of the newly redesigned RS-25 Moon rocket engine for future flights of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Dec. 14, completing 209.5 seconds of a scheduled 500 second hot fire at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

“Each test, even one that does not go full duration, helps us gather valuable d…

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