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Test Version of Space Launch System’s Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage

A test version of the interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS)
The ICPS is the liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen-based propulsion stage that will give NASA's Orion spacecraft the in-space push needed to fly beyond the moon before it returns to Earth on the first flight of SLS and Orion in 2018.

The ICPS is the liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen-based propulsion stage that will give NASA’s Orion spacecraft the in-space push needed to fly beyond the moon before it returns to Earth on the first flight of SLS and Orion in 2018.

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Image Credit: NASA/MSFC/Brian C. Massey