Iain in Instagram pic of the week December 4, 2016December 3, 2016 9 Words Instagram Pic of the Week View this post on Instagram Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne have begun a series of developmental hot-fire tests with two launch abort engines similar to the ones that will be part of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner service module, in the Mojave Desert in California. The engines, designed to maximize thrust build-up, while minimizing overshoot during start up, will be fired between half a second and 3 seconds each during the test campaign. If the Starliner's four launch abort engines were used during an abort scenario, they would fire between 3 and 5.5. seconds, with enough thrust to get the spacecraft and its crew away from the rocket, before splashing down in the ocean under parachutes. Photo credit: Aerojet Rocketdyne #boeing #aerojet #starliner #nasa #rocket #fire #journeytomars #sls A post shared by NASA Exploration Systems (@explorenasa) on Oct 26, 2016 at 3:51am PDT Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
