NASA: RS-25D Engines Heading to Stennis

NASA is moving 15 RS-25D engines from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The RS-25D engines - better known as the Space Shuttle Main Engine - are being "repurposed" to power the core stage of the Space Launch System, according to NASA.

The RS-25D engine is built by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne.

Click here for a full story - and photos - from NASA.

Additional Coverage:

• NASA begins moving shuttle main engines to Stennis for future use (Huntsville Times)
• NASA Moves Shuttle Engines From Kennedy To Stennis (Space Travel)
  

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne: Smoke and Fire

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne powered 14 successful launches during 2011. Payloads included humans, cargo and satellites vital to space exploration, worldwide communication, navigation, defense, research and development and weather prediction.

You can view highlights from each launch in the video embedded in this post.