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NASA Performs Successful Hot Fire Test of Moon Rockets – PCMag AU
The full-duration test of four RS-25 engines lasted 499.6 seconds at NASA’s Stennis Space Center B-2 Test Stand.
(Photo: NASA)
NASA intends to establish a sustainable presence on the Moon as part of its Artemis program , but before that, the rockets to get all the equipment (and humans) there need to be perfected. Yesterday, NASA performed a successful full-duration hot fire test of the Artemis I core stage.
Artemis has the world’s largest rocket stage, with four RS-25 engines providing 1.6 million pounds of thrust. The test yesterday was carried out at NASAs Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi…
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