SLS RS-25 Engine Test, 26 April 2023 (720 seconds gimbal test)

An Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 rocket engine was tested on the Fred Haise Test Stand (formerly A-1 Test Stand) at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, on 26 April 2023, at 18:36 UTC (13:36 CDT, 14:36 EDT). This was the sixth hot fire test in a planned 12-test series of the newly redesigned RS-25 engines that will be used beginning with Artemis V. The test had a planned duration of 720 seconds, with operators conducting the first gimbal test of the current RS-25 certification series. Credit: NASA #RS25