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August 18, 2008
Apollo program engine fires again after 36 years
Being used for engine test stand testing. Amazing any still existed and hadn't been sold for scrap.
The RS-18 engine was last used on Apollo 17 in 1972 to lift the ascent module off the lunar surface and begin the journey home. Thirty six years later, it is being used during testing once again as part of NASA's Constellation Program...modified to burn liquid oxygen and liquid methane in order to perform analysis on the engine test stand...
