NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne Complete Final Hot-Fire Tests on J-2X Engine, Move Forward to RS-25 Testing

By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on July 2nd, 2014

J-2X Engine No. 10002 during its final 330-second hot-fire test on the A-1 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in September 2013. NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have completed the J-2X hot-fire testing campaign earlier this year, with the last tests on engine No. 10003. Image Credit: NASA/Stennis Space Center

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Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes Hot-Fire Tests of First Entirely 3D-Printed Rocket Engine: A Q&A With Jay Littles, Aerojet's Director of Advanced Launch Propulsion Programs

By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on June 28th, 2014

Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed a series of hot-fire tests on its “Baby Bantam” liquid rocket demonstration engine (pictured above), which was entirely constructed with additive manufacturing processes, also known as 3-D printing. Image Credit: Aerojet Rocketdyne.

 

The advent of additive manufacturing technologies, better known as 3-D printing, has been an ongoing trend […]

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