First Ares Engine Tests Completed

The space launchers expected to take astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station by 2015 and to carry a manned mission to the Moon and Mars by 2020, as part of NASA's Constellation Program, have completed on Thursday their first series of tests in the early development progra... [ read more >> ]

Image of the heritage J-2 engine awaiting to undergo tests at NASA's Stennis Space Center

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Image of the heritage J-2 engine awaiting to undergo tests at NASA's Stennis Space Center