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SLS Rocket Engine Test Series Completed by Aerojet Rocketdyne

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Tom Patton
Oct 08, 2021
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A recent RS-25 SLS rocket engine test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center completed the Retrofit-2 test series, which validated modernized, lower-cost components for new RS-25 engines to be used on the Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket.

“The components demonstrated in the Retrofit-2 test series leverage the latest advances in design, materials and m…

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