The RS-25 rocket engines from the space shuttle have been repurposed for the Space Launch System, NASA's rocket for deep space exploration. The engines hot fired for the first time since 2009 in ...

A rocket engine that helped launch five space shuttle missions, including the penultimate flight of the program in 2011, was fired again on Thursday (March 10) in preparation for the first crewed ...

The RS-25 is the same basic engine that flew on the Shuttle, but contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne took the 16 leftover Shuttle engines and refitted them for use on the SLS. Prior to the modifications ...

NASA followed last week's low-key engine test with the test-firing of a solid-fueled booster at Northrop Grumman's rocket ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...

A viral Space Shuttle launch video reveals fascinating commentary by NASA aerospace engineers from shortly ... main engine start is just happening and you can see the engines are starting ...

NASA is considering dropping the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) from its heavy-lift launch vehicle plans and using the cheaper-to-manufacture RS-68 engine instead.

The launch involved Lift Off, Roll Program, Max-Q, and Main Engine Cut Off (MECO). #b3d #SpaceShuttle #NASA JaredOwen Posted: March 10, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 ...

NASA test fires an upgraded space shuttle-era main engine that is helping pave the way to a new super booster. Latest. U.S. World; ... For NASA's gargantuan 322-foot-tall Space Launch System ...

NASA delayed the planned Feb. 12 launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery by ... The valve functions much like a pop-up lawn sprinkler to funnel hydrogen gas from a shuttle’s main engine back ...