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Aerojet Rocketdyne getting Shuttle engines ready for SLS...Aerojet Rocketdyne getting Shuttle engines ready for SLS Core Stage Green Run...
Four veteran Space Shuttle Main Engines will benchmark the performance ... “We started out with the Shuttle model, and so now we’ve gone through those iterations and gotten ourselves down ...
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SLS continuing engine upgrades, tech development to support...SLS continuing engine upgrades, tech development to support launcher evolution
SLS’s initial operating capability uses leftover Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) hardware as the engines for the Core Stage of the vehicle. The Boeing-built Core is a ground-started sustainer ...
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The Insane Engineering of the Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was one of the most complex and ambitious spacecraft ever designed, pioneering reusable spaceflight and ...
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Launch Vehicles & Propulsion
Common propellant combinations include liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (used in the Space Shuttle main engines), or solid propellants (used in some rocket boosters). Advanced propulsion ...
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The Space Shuttle’s Journey to Orbit: Engineering at Its Limits
Reaching Earth’s orbit is a complex, high-stakes engineering challenge, and the Space Shuttle was one of the most advanced ...