48K views · 934 reactions | Sound on! Engineers at #NASAMarshall tested NASA's Space Launch System liquid hydrogen test article tank to failure. The tank withstood more than 260% of expected flight loads before buckling and rupturing. MORE: https://go.nasa.gov/2OV8BEX. | NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center | Facebook

2.6K views · 114 reactions | Earlier this month, NASA engineers loaded the final test article for NASA's Space Launch System into its test stand at #NASAMarshall! The liquid oxygen tank structural test article, one of two propellant tanks in the SLS core stage, will be pushed and pulled by 38 hydraulic cylinders with millions of pounds of force. Learn more about how we're testing SLS to send Artemis 1 to the Moon >> go.nasa.gov/2XyrEWB | NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center | Facebook

35K views · 4.8K reactions | NASA's powerful Space Launch System rocket took off from Cape Canaveral this morning! This is the first step of @NASA's #Artemis1 mission to put people back on the moon Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2335457-nasas-enormous-sls-rocket-has-launched-to-space-for-the-first-time/ | New Scientist | Facebook

Artemis 1 Space Launch System mission animation