Media Invited To View Next J-2x Rocket Engine Test

[NASA News <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nov. 3, 2011

Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1979/5241 
michael.j.braukus@xxxxxxxx<a>/j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx 

Rebecca Strecker 
Stennis Space Center, Miss. 
228-688-3249 
rebecca.a.strecker@xxxxxxxx 

Daniel Kanigan 
Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala. 
256-544-6849 
daniel.n.kanigan@xxxxxxxx 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-229

MEDIA INVITED TO VIEW NEXT J-2X ROCKET ENGINE TEST

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- Reporters are invited to NASA's John C. 
Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Wednesday, Nov. 9 to view a 
test firing of the J-2X rocket engine, a key component of NASA's 
Space Launch System, which will carry the Orion spacecraft, its crew, 
cargo, equipment and science experiments beyond Earth orbit. 

Designed for crew or cargo missions, the heavy-lift will be safe, 
affordable and sustainable, and help NASA explore deep space. 

To attend, reporters must contact Stennis public affairs at 
228-688-3333 or e-mail rebecca.a.strecker@xxxxxxxx no later than noon 
on Nov. 8. Media must arrive by 1 p.m. CST. The J-2X test is 
scheduled for approximately 3 p.m. 

Prior to the test, reporters may tour Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne's 
engine assembly facility, where J-2X engines are prepared for testing 
and shipment. Following the test, media are invited to participate in 
a news conference with NASA officials. 

Media representatives not attending the test may submit questions for 
the news conference to rebecca.a.strecker@xxxxxxxx. All questions 
must be received no later than 11 a.m. Nov. 9. 

Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne is developing the J-2X engine for NASA's 
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The SLS rocket 
engines will use a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propulsion 
system, which will include the J-2X engine for the upper stage and 
RS-25D/E engines (space shuttle main engines) for the core stage. 

The test also will air live on NASA TV at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv  

Engine test schedules are subject to change. If changes occur, 
journalists who have responded will be notified via e-mail. 

For more information about NASA's Space Launch System, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/sls  

For information about Stennis, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis 

	
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