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Roar of the Bumper: Remembering the Cape's First Launch, 70 Years On

By Ben Evans, on July 24th, 2020

Seventy years ago today, Cape Canaveral shook to the roar of its very first rocket launch: the flight of Bumper 8. […]

Test Stand Readied to Test RS-25 Rocket Engine for SLS

By Jason Rhian, on June 18th, 2013

NASA is currently working to prepare the A-1 Test Stand at the space agency’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for testing the RS-25 rocket engine seen in the inset. Photo Credit: NASA (Inset Alan Walters / AmericaSpace)

In the latter half of 2014 NASA plans to launch the first of its Orion spacecraft […]

Apollo Test Stand Re-Purposed For SLS

By Jason Rhian, on May 6th, 2013

The B-2 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center is undergoing renovations to prepare it for testing of Space Launch Systems. Photo Credit: NASA/SSC

One of the test stands at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi which supported the development of the Saturn family of launch vehicles is now being tapped to test […]

Hot-fire Tests Steering the Future of NASA's Space Launch System Engines

By NASA, on May 1st, 2013

A new record was set April 4 for J-2X engine test firings when the engine was fired for 570 seconds on the A-2 test stand at Stennis. With the completion of the test series on this stand, the engine will now be moved to the A-1 test stand where it will undergo gimbaling […]

Rocket Man: The Legacy of Wernher von Braun

By David Darling, on March 2nd, 2013

Wernher von Braun helped pave the United States’ path to the Moon. Photo Credit: NASA

Beginning in September 1945, shortly after the end of World War II, a team of about a hundred rocket scientists and engineers, led by Wernher von Braun, was spirited out of Germany and brought to the United States […]