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NASA Tests Artemis Engine

Updated 2026-10-21 21:20 UTC 1 source Neutral

NASA conducted a successful test of the RS-25 engine, which will support future Artemis missions. The engine fired for almost eight-and-a-half minutes on Oct. 21.

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NASA tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Test teams fired the developmental engine for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time RS-25 engines fire during launch of NASA’s S
2026-10-21 20:51 UTC
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