J-2X Powerpack Undergoes First Hot-Fire Test
The powerpack for the recycled Apollo-era engine NASA hopes to send back to the Moon is moving into hot-fire testing, after an initial 36-sec. run Feb. 15 that apparently met all objectives. Engineers at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi were preparing the J-2X powerpack, installed in historic...
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