First Hot-Fire Test for J2-X
NASA has given the J2-X rocket engine it is developing for a return to the Moon its first hot-fire test, albeit a brief one. Engineers at Stennis Space Center, Miss., tested a pyrotechnic igniter Jan. 31 in a J2-X powerpack test article installed on historic test stand A1. Initial indications are...
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