American aerospace applied scientist test rocket engine in large outdoor test stands far away from thickly populated areas , and lease the engines roar . In Russia , they built a soundproof and accelerator - tight indoor test sleeping room right in the eye of town .
Roscosmos , the Russian Federal Space Agency , has just postedtwo awesome pic of the altitude testing bedchamber at the central office of the railway locomotive maker Energomash , locate in the townspeople of Khimki , one of the large satellite city of Moscow .
Energomashis a leading developer and manufacturer of high - power liquid - fuel rocket engine in Russia . In this specific test chamber they can test their engine * without noise and dust , because it absorbs all the spin-off of combustion .
NASAandESAhave standardised huge chambers for simulate outer space experimental condition here on Earth , and Energomash also hasdozens of other test system , but this indoor testing bedroom is unique . I would lie with to observe and hear to a recording from this chamber . Hey , Energomash , please put a few GoPro cameras on those railings for our viewing delight !
- Engines such as the RD-180 , currently being used by the United Launch Alliance ( ULA ) in their Atlas V medium - enceinte launch fomite .
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