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

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

Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 rocket engine 10001 was tested on the Fred Haise Test Stand (formerly A-1 Test Stand) at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, on April 5, 2023, at 18:25 UTC (13:25 CDT, 14:25 EDT). This was the fifth hot fire test in a planned 12-test series of the newly redesigned RS-25 engines that will be used beginning with the Artemis V Moon Mission. The test reached its full planned duration of 500 seconds—the length of time the engines must fire during an actual flight, with a maximum 113% power level, more than the up to 111% power level needed to help launch NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to orbit.

For information about NASA's Space Launch System, visit: 

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html

Credit: NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 9 minutes, 15 seconds

Record Date: April 5, 2023

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