J-2X engine getsfirst hot-fire test

NASA has given the J-2X 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 in Mississippi tested a pyrotechnic igniter Jan. 31 in a J-2X powerpack test article installed on historic test stand A1. Initial indications...

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