Engine Used on Penultimate Space Shuttle Flight Relit for New NASA Rocket

Friday, March 11, 2016 - 15:51 in Astronomy & Space

An RS-25D rocket engine that launched five space shuttle missions, including the second to last flight of the program in 2011, has been fired again to prepare for the first crewed mission onboard NASA's new Space Launch System rocket.

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