Case Studies: NASA and Flowserve Collaboration Launches New Valve Technology
At the John C. Stennis Space Center near Bay Saint Louis, MS, NASA engineers had a problem. Their process of testing various rocket propulsion systems was running into an expensive snag, hanging on high-pressure control valves that needed to be switched out and replaced for each test.
The center uses these valves, in both ambient and cryogenic configurations, for the flow control of oxygen, hydrogen and other propulsion propellants used in their rocket engine and component test facilities. Stennis, the main propulsion testing center for NASA, is where the space shuttle main engines are tested and certified.