This engine will be used in super-heavy rocket Space Launch System
In one of the official YouTube-channel of the National aerospace Agency of the United States of America has a spectacular panoramic video (watch it below) showing the process of testing rocket engine RS-25.
This engine will be used in super-heavy rocket Space Launch System — the same one with which NASA plans to deliver people to Mars.
The development of the carrier rocket Space Launch System is a bit behind schedule — the first flight of the carrier rocket will take place no earlier than in 2018, while originally it was planned that the first super-heavy rocket of a new type of rush in outer space this year.
Video format 360 degree allows you to virtually attend close to the start of a hydrogen-oxygen engine spectacle, as it should be noted, is simply stunning.
The speed of the motion of gas in large volumes produced by the engine, at thirteen times the speed of sound. At some point the smoke completely envelops one of the cameras, thereby creating a feeling of total immersion.
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