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NASA Awards Contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne to Restart RS-25 Engine Production for SLS Mars Rocket
The first RS-25 flight engine, No. 2059, is placed on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center, Miss. The engines were built by Aerojet Rocketdyne and are being tested in 2015 and 2016 to certify them to fly on NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. SLS-1 will launch on its first uncrewed mission in 2018. Credit: NASA
NASA took another big step on the path to propel our astronauts back to deep space and ultimately on to Mars with the long awaited decision to formally restart production of the venerable RS-25 engine that will power the first stage of the agency’s mammoth Space Launch System (SLS) heavy lift rocket, currently under development.
Aerojet Rocketdyne was awarded a NASA contract to reopen the production lines for the RS-25 powerplant and develop and manufacture a certified engine for use in NASA’s SLS rocket. The contract spans from (…)
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Post tags: Aerojet Rocketdyne, EM-1, Journey to Mars, kennedy space center, KSC, Mars, NASA, Orion crew module, Orion EM-1, pad 39B, RS-25, SLS, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Shuttle, SSME
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/123580/nasa-awards-contract-to-aerojet-rocketdyne-to-restart-rs-25-engine-production-for-sls-mars-rocket/
