Work Continues at E-1 Stand for Testing Commercial Rocket Engines

(NASA) - Work continues to prepare the E-1 Test Stand at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center for testing the rocket engines that will power commercial cargo flights to the International Space Station.

Stennis has partnered with Orbital Science Corporation to test Aerojet AJ26 engines that will power Orbital's Taurus II space launch vehicles. In partnership with NASA, Orbital will use those vehicles to provide eight commercial cargo missions to the ISS through 2015.

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