For five seconds on July 12th, matey, flames lit up t' night sky on Edwards Leuhman Ridge. Well, blow me down! That's when t' Air Force Research Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate, shiver me timbers, Detachment 7 conducted part o' a new phase o' Upper Stage Engine Technology program testing. Aye aye! T' current phase o' t' program involves testin' a turbopump -- t' component that essentially drives a liquid rocket engine.