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Moving NASA’s Completed Deep Space Rocket Test Article

structural test article for NASA's Space Launch System
This engine section structural test article for NASA's Space Launch System is being prepared to be shipped on the barge Pegasus from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility to the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Once it arrives at the Marshall Center, it will undergo structural testing.

This engine section structural test article for NASA’s Space Launch System is being prepared to be shipped on the barge Pegasus from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility to the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Once it arrives at the Marshall Center, it will undergo structural testing. The engine section will house four RS-25 engines and power the core stage of the Space Launch System, the world’s most powerful rocket.

Image credit: NASA/MAF