Linear aerospike in 18-second hot-fire test.

NASA'S STENNIS Space Center ran another hot-fire test of the Rocketdyne linear aerospike engine late Monday, pushing the unique rocket engine to 75% of full power during the 18-second closed-loop test. The linear aerospike engine is the first of four to be tested for the NASA/Lockheed Martin X-33...

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