New NASA Artemis V Moon Rocket Engine Test: Preparing for Crewed Missions

New NASA Artemis V Moon Rocket Engine Test: Preparing for Crewed Missions

NASA has conducted the second hot fire in a final 12-test certification series paving the way for production of new RS-25 engines to help power NASA's Space Launch System rocket for future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. An Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 rocket engine (RS-25 developmental engine E0525) was tested on the Fred Haise Test Stand (formerly A-1 Test Stand) at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, on November 15, 2023, at 15:45 EST. This was the second hot fire test out of the 12 planned in the final round of certification testing ahead of production of an updated set of engines for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) that will be used beginning with Artemis V. The test had a planned duration of 500 seconds with the RS-25 engine running up to 113% power level—more than the level needed to power SLS.

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 9 minutes

Release Date: Nov. 15, 2023

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