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Redesigned RS-25 Engine Hot Fire Test Conducted in Mississippi

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Tom Patton
May 02, 2023
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NASA recently carried out a critical hot fire of the redesigned RS-25 engine April 26 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, demonstrating the gimbaling, or pivoting, capabilities needed to stabilize a rocket during a launch and flight to space.

Operators at the nation’s largest propulsion test site conducted the first gimbal test …

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