Aerojet, Northrup Grumman in Lunar Lander Engine Tests

Aerojet has completed assembly of a 5,500-lb.-thrust liquid oxygen/liquid methane rocket engine—a propulsion technology under consideration as the way off the Moon for human explorers—and will begin testing it soon. The Sacramento, Calif.-based company says the engine will “provide valuable data...

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