PWR Tackles Instabilities In J-2X Gas Generator

DENVER – Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) is testing modifications to the gas generator of the J-2X engine for the upper stages of the Ares I and V launch vehicles after discovering low-level instabilities in a ‘workhorse’ unit during proving runs at Marshall Space Flight Center. Despite the issue...

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