Linear aerospike gets first full-power test
Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center ran the Rocketdyne XRS-2000 linear aerospike engine built for the NASA/Lockheed Martin X-33 reusable launch vehicle prototype to full power for the first time Saturday, hitting 100% thrust in an 18-second hot-fire test at the center's A-1 test facility...
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