POWER PACK FOR J-2X ENGINE INSTALLED IN TEST STAND

Power - pack 1A, a test article consisting of heritage turbo-pumps and gas generator, is now installed on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center to begin the first series of tests in the
development of NASA's J-2X engine for the Constellation Program. Constellation is developing a new
family of vehicles that will replace the space shuttle and carry humans back to the moon. The J-2X engine will power the upper stage of the new Ares I crew launch vehicle. Test stand lines, ducts, and valves will provide simulated inlet and outlet conditions that would be present on the pumps during a full-up engine hot-fire test. Testing will consist of driving the turbo-pumps with the gas generator so that similarities between these turbo-pumps and those being developed for the flight engine can be evaluated.
(NASA TV)

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[Membrane556]

What no test firing.