Final Quartet Of Space Shuttle Engines Readied For SLS

Certification testing of Aerojet's new RS-25 engines for missions beginning with Artemis V was completed in April.

Credit: NASA Stennis
Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, says it has finished modernizing the last four RS-25 space shuttle main engines, which are being repurposed for a single-use flight aboard NASA’s fourth Space Launch System (SLS) rocket later this decade. The mission, designated Artemis IV, is to...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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