Four veteran Space Shuttle Main Engines will benchmark the performance of the rookie Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage in the final two critical tests of NASA’s Green Run campaign.

SLS inherited 16 flight units of the former Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) from the Space Shuttle Program to power expendable Core Stages for the first four launches. NASA originally contracted ...

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Kraft recalls laying bare the budget jeopardy faced by the shuttle. “We were totally incapable of meeting any sort of flight ...

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This vastly superior engine outperforms the RS-25 engine that was used on the Space Shuttle and is still used on the SLS (Space Launch System). The RS-25 engine costs about $100 million each while the ...

One effect of the short was a loss of power to the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) controllers. According to Hale: "The A computer on the Center SSME lost power, never to be recovered.

Common propellant combinations include liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (used in the Space Shuttle main engines), or solid propellants (used in some rocket boosters). Advanced propulsion ...

The first four Artemis missions with SLS are using modified space shuttle main engines that can power up to 109% of their rated level. The newly produced RS-25 engines will power up to the 111% ...

it stood proudly as the only full-stack exhibit in the world, showcasing the orbiter alongside the Main Propulsion Test Article, prototype solid rocket boosters, and space shuttle main engines.