Rocket Propulsion Test Program Office
Propulsion Test Capabilities
The Rocket Propulsion Test (RPT) Program Office provides the program management structure necessary to optimize utilization of NASA’s chemical rocket propulsion test assets while ensuring an Agency core capability for chemical rocket propulsion testing is maintained.
NASA Members
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![NASA completed its penultimate hot fire June 15 in a key test series to certify production of new RS-25 engines for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help power future Artemis missions to the Moon and continue the agency’s efforts to explore the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ssc-20230615-s01453h-1.jpg?w=1024)
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Glenn Research Center Armstrong Test Facility In-Space Propulsion (ISP) Facility
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Glenn Research Center Lewis Field
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![ORBITAL SPACE PLANE PAD ABORT DEMONSTRATOR](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/msfc-test.jpg?w=1024)
Marshall Space Flight Center
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![White Stands Test Facility](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/edu_white_sands_test_facility_430.jpg?w=430)
White Sands Test Facility
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![NASA conducts an RS-25 hot fire on the Fred Haise Test Stand at Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi on Feb. 22, 2023.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ssc-20230222-s00030h-1.jpg?w=1024)
Rocket Propulsion Test Program Office
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DoD Members
Explore the test capabilities of our Department of Defense (DoD) Members.
![AEDC J-6 Test Stand](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/aedc_j-6_test_stand.jpg?w=610)
Arnold Engineering Development Complex
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![Air Force Research Laboratory test](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/afrl3-test-stand.jpg?w=946)
Air Force Research Laboratory
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![testing at Redstone Test Center](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/rtc-testing.jpg?w=1024)
Redstone Test Center
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![test at NAVAL Air Warfare Center](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/naval-air-warfare-e1689962607282.gif?w=1024)
Naval Air Warfare Center
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Test Resource Management Center
Learn about the test capabilities at Test Resource Management Center.
NASA Associate Members
Kennedy Space Center
NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) participates in the RPT Program as an Associate Member to the RPTMB. KSC provides propulsion related technology development, testing and evaluation as well as aerospace fluid acquisition and management support to all NASA locations.
Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) managed by Goddard Space Flight Center, participates in the RPT Program as an associate member to the RPTMB. WFF operates primarily as a rocket launch site to support science and exploration missions for NASA, other Federal agencies and commercial companies. As NASA’s only Space Launch Range, they also provide mobile telemetry, tracking and Range safety services.
NASA Engineering & Safety Center
NESC’s mission is to perform value-added independent testing, analysis, and assessments of NASA’s high-risk projects to ensure safety and mission success. The NESC will serve on the RPTMB as a non-voting member and in an advisory capacity. In this capacity the RPTMB will have direct access to the resources and capabilities of the NESC and the NESC will be proactively engaged with the RPTMB. The Stennis Space Center NESC representative will serve as the point of contact to the RPTMB.
DoD Associate Member
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Aviation and Missile Center
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Aviation and Missile Center (DEVCOM AvMC) is the Arm’s focal point for providing research, development, and engineering technology and services for aviation and missile platforms across the life cycle. DEVCOM AvMC’s mission is to deliver collaborative and innovative technical capabilities for responsive and cost effective research, product development and life cycle systems engineering solutions.