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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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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 ...
Blue Origin rocket engine gives a boost to Museum of Flight’s Simonyi Space Gallery
Seattle's Museum of Flight brings its collection of space artifacts up to the present day with a Blue Origin BE-3U rocket ...
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Shuttle Columbia's near-miss: Why we should always expect the unexpected in space
One effect of the short was a loss of power to the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) controllers. According to Hale: "The A computer on the Center SSME lost power, never to be recovered.