J2-X Engine Key To Upper Stages

Credit: NASA/STENNIS
NASA’s plans to reuse human-rated hardware wherever possible as it builds the spacecraft that will take explorers back to the Moon is perhaps best illustrated in the decision to use the J2 engine. To save development time and money, the agency will use the cryogenic rocket that powered the Saturn V...

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