Science and Exploration

This Week at NASA: Testing a New Rocket Engine and More!

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
August 15, 2015
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This Week at NASA: Testing a New Rocket Engine and More!
This Week at NASA: Testing a New Rocket Engine and More!
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On Aug. 13, NASA conducted a test firing of the RS-25 rocket engine at Stennis Space Center. The 535 second test was the sixth in the current series of seven developmental tests of the former space shuttle main engine.
Four RS-25 engines will power the core stage of the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which will carry humans deeper into space than ever before, including to an asteroid and Mars. Also, Veggies in space, Russian spacewalk, Supply ship undocks from ISS, Smallest giant black hole, 10th anniversary of MRO launch and more.

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