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Engineers are preparing for tests to qualify the propulsion subsystem, including…

Engineers are preparing for tests to qualify the propulsion subsystem, including the main engine, for the European Service Module that will propel NASA’s Orion Spacecraft in deep space. They will test engineering units, fully representative of the engines that fly on the spacecraft in late 2018. The tests will start at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, USA, in spring 2017. Read more at: http://blogs.esa.int/orion/2016/09/21/gearing-up-for-orion-propulsion-subsystem-tests/