This was the third successful test of the RS-25 engines. When SLS launches, there will be four RS-25 engines helping it lift off — as well as two solid rocket boosters. In total, the rocket will ...

The January 16th “Green Run” test ... SLS by using components which were designed for refurbishment and discarding them the end of each flight. The RS-25 engines installed on the first SLS ...

The SLS is the most powerful rocket ever built, and NASA plans to use it to take astronauts to deep space missions, including Mars. This was the last ground test for the 17-story-tall booster ...

The Liquid Engines Office for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program is planning a busy schedule of test campaigns next ... powers existing commercial rocket upper stages.

NASA completed a full-duration, 500-second hot fire of an RS-25 certification engine Jan. 17, continuing a critical test series to support future SLS (Space Launch System) missions to the moon and ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket completed another milestone on its way to launch with the Umbilical Release and Retract Test (URRT ... the RL10B-2 vacuum engine. This is the Interim ...

The massive core section of the SLS has shuttle heritage ... The Green Run will involve test firing all four RS-25 engines for eight minutes - the full duration of the rocket's first flight ...