Engine compression test: What it tells you and why it matters

Taking an engine compression test is sort of like checking your car's blood pressure. It's a quick and painless procedure ...
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Bernie Collins questions FIA compression ratio test as engine temperature gap emerges

Bernie Collins flags a potential mismatch between FIA testing and real F1 engine conditions, as a new compression ratio test ...
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Space Shuttle Engine Testing: T Plus 30 Years and Counting

Thirty years ago there was no Internet, laptop computers or CDs; Gerald Ford was president; “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was on TV; and “Jaws” was at the movies. But in South Mississippi, NASA ...
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First RS-25 Flight Engine Test Set for March

It is business as usual as NASA engineers prepare for an upcoming RS-25 rocket engine test at Stennis Space Center. They are well-versed on all of the pre-test work to be done, having conducted a very ...