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  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Test-Fires Engine for NASA SLS Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Test-Fires Engine for NASA SLS Rocket

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted a hot-fire test of an engine technology the company built for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. The company said Tuesday it performed the RS-25 engine test at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and assessed the performance of the main combustion chamber during the 319-second engine fire test attended by NASA Administrator […] More

  • NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne Test Main Engine Controller for Orion-SLS Crewed Flight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne Test Main Engine Controller for Orion-SLS Crewed Flight

    NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have tested the fourth and last engine controller for the first crewed mission of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket, called Exploration Mission-2. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday its RS-25 engine was test fired for 365 seconds to qualify the engine controller, which works to facilitate communications between the engine and SLS as […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne, NASA Complete SLS Engine Hot-Fire Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne, NASA Complete SLS Engine Hot-Fire Test

    NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have completed the final hot-fire test of an engine technology the company developed for use on the Space Launch System rocket. The eighth RS-25 engine test this year occurred at NASA’s Stennis Space in Mississippi and evaluated the performance of an engine component produced using a three-dimensional printing method, the space agency said Wednesday. The 3D-printed pogo […] More