NASA conducts 1st hot fire of new RS-25 Certification Test Series
Bay St. Louis MS (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
NASA conducted the first hot fire of a new RS-25 test series Oct. 17, beginning the final round of certification testing ahead of production of an updated set of the engines for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The engines will help power future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Operators fired the RS-25 engine for more than nine minutes (550 seconds), longer than the 500 secon