Get ready! The largest, most powerful rocket booster built for flight will fire up for a major ground test Tuesday at Orbital ATK's test facilities in Promontory, Utah. This is the last, full-scale qualification test for the booster before the first, uncrewed flight of our new rocket, the Space Launch System, with the Orion spacecraft in 2018. More: http://go.nasa.gov/295WXD9 #JourneyToMars | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Last week, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Northrop Grumman Corporation fired a ground-based version of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket motor. The single five-segment booster motor fired for more than 2 minutes and produced 3.9 million pounds of thrust. Check out imagery from the day here >> https://go.nasa.gov/4lDPMm9 | NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

Experience the awe-inspiring launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39 like never before. Dive deep into the intricate workings of the SLS with our transparent 3D model visualization, revealing the rocket’s internal components in action. Witness the marvel of engineering and space exploration come to life in this unique perspective of the SLS launch. #SpaceExploration #NASAReels #SLSLaunch #KennedySpaceCenter #RocketReel #SpaceFrontier #NASAMagic #Laun

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration just rolled out the Space Launch System (SLS), an 11-million-pound rocket built to return humans to the moon. 🚀🌕 This powerful launch vehicle will carry the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts around the Moon and beyond Earth orbit for the first time since Apollo 17. It took 12 hours to move the rocket just four miles to the launch pad. With over 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, the SLS is NASA’s most powerful rocket to date.