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The Rocket Propulsion Lab (a precursor to the AFRL Rocket Lab) played a vital role in the development of the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME). The SSME used a fuel rich staged combustion cycle, which the rocket lab first demonstrated with the XLR129 prototype rocket engine. Since the Air Force had proven the technology, NASA then used it in the SSMEs that would lift the shuttle from the launch pad. The lab was also involved in at least three other areas of the shuttle’s success: The reaction control system (RCS), which is comprised of thrusters for attitude control outside of earth’s atmosphere; the solid rocket boosters (SRB) and the inertial upper stage (IUS), all borrowed technology from AFRL efforts or were tested by AFRL facilities. The IUS was a rocket stage stored within the shuttle’s cargo bay used to boost satellites into higher orbits (often USAF satellites) or to other planets.
| Date Taken: | 09.06.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 09.16.2024 07:19 |
| Story ID: | 480267 |
| Location: | US |
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