Aerojet Finishes Altitude Tests of Methane Engine

摘要

An advanced liquid methane-fueled rocket engine designed with the goal of bringing astronauts back from the Moon completed altitude testing in late April at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, the engine's manufacturer announced May 4.rnThe engine, developed by Aerojet under the NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate's Propulsion and Cryogenics Advanced Development Project, bums a combination of liquid oxygen and methane (LOX/methane) to produce 5,500 pounds of thrust.