NASA says it will begin testing core components of a rocket engine from the Apollo era. Data from the tests will help NASA build the next generation engine that will power the nation’s new Ares launch vehicles on voyages that will send humans to the moon. NASA will test the engine’s powerpack, a gas generator and turbopumps that perform the rocket engine’s major pumping and combustion work. These components originally delivered propellants to the Apollo-era J-2 engine that fueled the second stage of the Saturn V rockets.
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