Thursday, December 11, 2008

SpaceX Successfully Tested Draco Thruster

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 11, @04:52AM

from the to-infinity-and-beyond dept.
SpaceScience
dj writes"The propulsion division of SpaceX has performed another important test. After the test of the Falcon 9's first stage Merlin engines, the smallest engine of the SpaceX family, Draco, has been put to test. During the test, the thruster fired for ten minutes, paused for ten minutes, and then was restarted for an additional minute. The test was performed on a new vacuum test stand built by SpaceX, and put into operation in March 2008 at the SpaceX Test Facility outside McGregor, Texas."

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