Tag: RS-25
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Testing the controller – RS-25 hot fire test for SLS
The RS-25 engine team has performed the latest hot-fire test in the A-1 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Tuesday. NASA, RS-25 prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Stennis facilities contractor Syncom Space Services (S3) are attempting acceptance testing the second engine controller unit (ECU) slated to fly on the first launch…
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RS-25 engine controller involved in static fire test at Stennis
NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Syncom Space Services have conducted the first hot-fire test of a flight model RS-25 engine controller on Thursday afternoon. The eight-minute long test firing occurred in the A-1 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. RS-25 engines will power the Core Stage of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) launch…
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New SLS engine controller tested in hold-down firing
A shuttle-era RS-25 rocket engine was fired at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Thursday in the first test of a new engine control computer that will launch on the first flight of the agency’s Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket as soon as late next year. The ground development engine was fired for 500…
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RS-25 conducts test for SLS as team waits on new engine controllers
The RS-25 team has conducted the latest hot-fire test of development engine 0528 at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Wednesday. While the team continues to wait for delivery of flight versions of the new engine controller units (ECU), they took the opportunity to conduct an engine test firing to evaluate a design trade-off…
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Educating the SLS engines – Brains for the RS-25s undergoing certification
The effort to certify the Space Launch System RS-25 engines for the first launch will soon reach a critical milestone with the delivery of the first flight model engine controller unit (ECU). NASA is planning to finish its first-flight certification program next year, culminating in the planned shipment of the four flight engines to the…
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The Green Run – SLS preparing for milestone static fire tests
The NASA and contractor workforce at Stennis Space Center are nearing completion of structural work on the B-2 test stand that will be used for the Green Run test of the Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage before its first flight. In addition to SLS Core Stage testing, planning is now also underway for the…
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RS-25 fires up again in latest SLS engine test
The latest static fire test of the development RS-25 engine (E0528) has taken place at the Stennis Space Center. The test is part of a series aimed at validating hardware and software elements, such as the improved engine controller, as the former Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) prepare to launch the opening Space Launch System (SLS)…
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SLS engine fired up following previous aborted test
The NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Syncom Space Services team at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi have conducted a “make-up” hot-fire test of a development RS-25 engine (E0528) on Friday. The test was deemed to be for the full duration of 650 seconds, as required, following problems with the A-1 test stand facility that resulted in…
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Engine 0528 begins RS-25 testing for SLS – suffers early shutdown
The latest RS-25 test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi – aimed at continuing the certification effort to adapt the Space Shuttle era cryogenic rocket engine for the first Space Launch System (SLS) launch in two years time – has been conducted, albeit resulting in an early shutdown. The test involved development Engine 0528,…
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RS-25 veteran conducts Static Fire test ahead of SLS launch
NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have conducted an opening test of the RS-25 rocket engine that will help power the Space Launch System (SLS) during launch. Engine 2059, a flight engine that helped launch five Space Shuttle missions, was test-fired on Thursday afternoon in the A-1 test stand at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to continue…