J-2X Engine Goes Full Duration In Test

NASA’s J-2X upper-stage engine ran through a 500-sec. hot-fire test Nov. 9, achieving full duration for the terminated Ares I crew launch vehicle it was designed to power and passing a crucial hurdle for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) that will use it instead. “Based on a quick look, it...

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