From Space Shuttle to Artemis: The RS-25 Engine Story
"From Space Shuttle to Artemis: The RS-25 Engine Story" explains how NASA’s RS-25 engines power the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for Artemis missions to and around the Moon. The video introduces key aerospace engineering concepts, including liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen, turbopumps, combustion chamber, nozzle cooling, thrust, pressure, and trajectory. It also connects the RS-25’s history in the Space Shuttle Program to its upgraded role in modern deep-space exploration. Footage of engine testing at NASA’s Stennis Space Center highlights how performance and reliability are verified before launch. This content supports school curricula in space science, physics, engineering design, and technology by showing how propulsion systems use energy, heat management, and force to send spacecraft into low-Earth orbit and beyond.
Media Details
Runtime: 12 minutes, 30 seconds
- Topic: Careers, Science, Technology
- Subtopic: Engineering, Physics, Space Sciences, Technology
- Grade/Interest Level: 5 - 12
- Release Year: 2026
- Producer/Distributor: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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