{"id":73536,"date":"2019-04-29T19:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T23:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-444425"},"modified":"2023-07-27T09:30:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T13:30:45","slug":"a-3-test-facility","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stennis\/engineering-and-test-directorate\/a-3-test-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"A-3 Test Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"hds-secondary-nav-track\"><span>Stennis Space Center<\/span><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><\/button><div class=\"hds-secondary-nav-track grid-container grid-container-extrawide padding-0 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-2 hds-secondary-navigation-has-breadcrumbs\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-breadcrumbs display-none tablet:display-none desktop:display-flex flex-align-center\"><nav class=\"usa-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><ol class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list\"><li class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\" class=\"usa-breadcrumb__link\"><span>Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stennis\/engineering-and-test-directorate\/\" class=\"usa-breadcrumb__link\"><span>Propulsion Test Engineering<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list-item usa-current\" aria-current=\"page\"><span>A-3 Test Stand<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-menu-items\"><nav><ul class=\"usa-nav__primary usa-accordion flex-justify-center margin-0\"><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stennis\/\">Stennis Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stennis\/about-stennis\/\">About Stennis<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stennis\/#mission-objectives\">Mission<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stennis\/stem-engagement-at-stennis\/\">STEM Engagement<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stennis\/media-resources\/\">Media Resources<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stennis\/visit-stennis\/\">Visit Stennis<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-menu-spacer\"> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA-3 Test Stand\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Aerial view of Stennis Space Center Test Complex; E Test Complex (foreground) and A Test Complex (background)\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg 4256w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg?resize=1200,798 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SSC-2012-01602H.jpg?resize=2000,1331 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Facility Capabilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Large, Altitude Engine Test Facility<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The A-3 Test Stand was originally designed to test fire the J2-X engine at a simulated altitude of 100,000 feet. It features a test cell that is 66.3 feet (height) x 40 feet (diameter).   The primary structure is an open-steel frame rising to a height of over 150 feet and is designed for thrust levels of up to 1 million pounds of force.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A-3 Test Stand\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg 8066w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg?resize=300,201 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg?resize=768,514 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg?resize=1024,686 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg?resize=1536,1028 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg?resize=2048,1371 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg?resize=400,268 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg?resize=600,402 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg?resize=900,603 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg?resize=1200,803 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/a-3-test-stand-ssc-2013-00374-v2.jpg?resize=2000,1339 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A-3 Test Stand<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA \/ Stennis<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Maximum Thrust:<\/strong> 1,000,000 pounds (original design); 300,000+ pounds (current configuration at altitude)<br> <strong>Altitude: <\/strong>100,000+ feet<br> <strong>Propellants:<\/strong> Liquid Oxygen, Liquid Hydrogen, Isopropyl Alcohol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Current\/Scheduled Work:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A-3 Test Complex leased to Rocket Lab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-content-lists-inner hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-content-lists\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-content-lists padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-7 padding-x-3 bg-spacesuit-white width-full maxw-full\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-start margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-heading-sm line-height-sm\">Other NASA Stennis Test Facilities and Support Infrastructures<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"margin-top-0 margin-bottom-2 maxh-tablet\">NASA Stennis has many unique test facilities and supporting infrastructure which provides world-class 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src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/e-3-test-facility-ssc-2015-00465h.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/e-3-test-facility-ssc-2015-00465h.jpg 1525w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/e-3-test-facility-ssc-2015-00465h.jpg?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/e-3-test-facility-ssc-2015-00465h.jpg?resize=768,502 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/e-3-test-facility-ssc-2015-00465h.jpg?resize=1024,669 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/e-3-test-facility-ssc-2015-00465h.jpg?resize=400,262 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/e-3-test-facility-ssc-2015-00465h.jpg?resize=600,392 600w, 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