By NASA has completed a series of five hot-fire tests with the engine controller for the new Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket, the agency announced Aug. 31.The testing, which began in March, wrapped up Aug. 30 with a 500-second firing of an RS-25 engine and its flight controller on a test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The test’s duration of more than eight minutes represents the amount of time the engine and controller will be needed during…
NASA Tests New Rocket’s Engine Controller
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