NASA successfully test fires Mars mega-rocket engine with modernized 'brain' controller
Monday, August 22, 2016 - 09:01
in Astronomy & Space
NASA engineers successfully carried out a key developmental test firing of an RS-25 rocket engine along with its modernized 'brain' controller at the Stennis Space Center on Thursday, Aug. 18, as part of the ongoing huge development effort coordinating the agency's SLS Mars mega rocket slated for its maiden blastoff by late 2018.