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The weather’s getting hotter and so are things on the R Stand, with Aeon R hot fires reaching full power and their longest durations to date.    ✔️ Longest hot fire: 180 seconds at 100% power  ✔️ Increased thrust: 258K --> 268K  🔜 More blue fire and an upgraded engine coming soon.    Build, test, and fly with the team: https://lnkd.in/dmaGJr7b

💡 Ever wonder why the plume in the engine nozzle looks white? In the latest Since You Asked episode lead propulsion engineer Matt Clancy breaks it down in less than two minutes.    P.S. Learn more about the Aeon R engine program: https://bit.ly/aeonr 

VIP tour in progress – or in this case, very, very important little people onsite, learning and launching their own rockets. Thank you to our Hispanic and Latinx employee resource group for hosting and investing in the next generation of innovators. 🚀 

📍 Long Beach, CA: On the factory floor. Manufacturing and test engineers run a water flow test through an Aeon R main injector – examining spray pattern, injection flow pattern and stream quality before being accepted and sent for engine integration and testing at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. Team: https://lnkd.in/dmaGJr7b 

Making blue fire is fun. But knowing our Aeon R engines will effectively propel Terran R to where it needs to go is more fun. Using key learnings from our test campaigns and information from a maturing vehicle design, we are constantly iterating on Aeon R to optimize it for Terran R. Changes in the engine design include re-orienting the turbopumps to better fit the vehicle geometry and boosting the thrust level from 258,000 lbf to 268,000 lbf. Every decision to upgrade the engine design is made in service of the larger goal: making Terran R the world’s next great commercial launch vehicle.    🚀 https://lnkd.in/dmaGJr7b 

  Welcome, Relativity 2024 summer interns!    This month, we welcomed 85 interns across California, Mississippi, and Florida. They are joining us from more than 40 universities, including fellows from the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program, the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship, and the Brooke Owens Fellowship programs.    We’re proud to introduce the next generation of innovators to Relativity! 

The team is back into long duration Aeon R engine testing, firing at 100% power for 180 seconds, which is the maximum duration for a Terran R first stage flight plus margin. 🚀    This accomplishment demonstrates the capability of the engine system, the infrastructure required to build and operate a new engine of this class, and the dedication of the teams responsible for executing each step of the process — unlocking key learnings to test and qualify flight-ready engines.    🔁 Test, learn, iterate, repeat. Launch Terran R with us: https://lnkd.in/dmaGJr7b 

In the latest edition of Since You Asked, we caught up with lead propulsion engineer Matt Clancy for a rapid 90-second breakdown of the what and why behind the engine shutdown noise. 📣 P.S. open positions: https://lnkd.in/dmaGJr7b

This May, between hitting hardware milestones and college visits, we’ve been reenergizing with puppy parties, car shows, and AAPI Heritage Month celebrations and treats.    P.S. Meet the team at Formula SAE Electric Vehicles this June! 

Today, we honor and remember the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. 🕊️