NASA has completed the installation of four Aerojet Rocketdyne-manufactured RS-25 engines onto the core stage of the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis II mission.
The agency said Friday it worked with Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies subsidiary, and core stage lead contractor Boeing to secure the engines to the SLS core stage.
Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne engineers and technicians placed the first RS-25 engine at the top left corner of the SLS core stage in September.
Engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility have begun final integration testing in preparation for acceptance review before delivering the SLS core stage to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The team will test the entire stage and its avionics and electrical systems in the coming weeks.
