Engine Testing For Human Spaceflight Progresses

Rocket-engine testing for U.S. human spaceflight is getting off to a roaring start in 2012, with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announcing the first hot-fire test of its SuperDraco hypergolic engine, and NASA preparing to begin testing the powerpack of the J-2X cryogenic upper-stage engine...

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