Space Launch System GallerySpace Launch System GalleryThe primary hardware infrastructure for the System Integration Test Facility is being constructed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.An SLS fly-out demonstration goes from prelaunch to all stages of vehicle separation events (booster separation, engine cut off, Orion...Artist concept of the Space Launch System (SLS) blueprint.The Space Launch System Preliminary Design Review (PDR) was held July 31 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.,Engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility transfer a 22-foot-tall barrel section of the SLS core stage from the Vertical Weld...Engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility transfer a 22-foot-tall barrel section of the SLS core stage from the Vertical Weld...NASA engineers installed a 3-D printed rocket injector in a subscale RS-25 engine model, then hot-fired the engine to nearly...Materials engineers made this one-piece rocket engine injector in just 40 hours in a sophisticated 3-D printing machine at the...Propulsion engineer Sandra Greene, left, and test engineer Cynthia Sprader recently completed a series of test firings at the Marshall...Two critical elements of Exploration Flight Test-1 were successfully connected during a fit check on June 26 at the Marshall...Technicians build part of the Space Launch System, NASA's next-generation launch vehicle: the diaphragm for the Multipurpose Crew Vehicle Stage...A closeup shot of the J-2X rocket engine shows how it was gimbaled during a June 14 test on the...The center aft segment for qualification motor-1 (QM-1), a full-scale version of a solid rocket motor for the Space Launch...A test of the Saturn V first stage, S-1C-5, is conducted on Aug. 25, 1967 on the B-1/B-2 Test Stand...The B-1/B-2 Test Stand is a dual-position, vertical, static-firing structure built at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in the...A new record was set on April 4 for J-2X engine test firings when the engine was fired for 570...An adapter for the Orion spacecraft is under construction at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., for the...The J-2X engine before installation at the Stennis Space Center. The engine's new turbo pump exhaust port cover (detailed inset)...A pogo z-baffle for an RS-25 engine, built using state-of-the-art Selective Laser Melting, is inspected with a structured light scan.Andy Hardin, SLS liquid engines subsystem manager, compares creating a rocket engine part with traditional manufacturing and welding vs. Selective...NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visits the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing Rapid Prototyping Facility at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center...J-2X rocket engine testing continues at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi with the second in a series of tests...NASA is designing and building the Stage Adapter that will attach the Orion crew vehicle to the United Launch Alliance...On Feb. 22, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing Rapid Prototyping Facility at NASA's Marshall...Inspecting three-dimensional hardware and parts fashioned in the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing Rapid Prototyping Facility at Marshall.NASA engineers conducted the first in a new round of tests on the next-generation J-2X rocket engine Feb. 15 at...Test engineers hoist the J-2X engine for installation into the A-2 Test Stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.A J-2X engine, right, is being transported to the A-2 Test Stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.An ATK technician performs one last check on the avionics test article for solid rocket boosters in preparation for the...The gas generator from an F-1 engine is test-fired at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., on Jan....Yound engineers help disassemble a Saturn V F-1 engine at the Marshall Center's Propulsion Research Development Laboratory.Propulsion engineers Tim Duquette and Don Nave remove parts from an F-1 engine - the powerful American rocket engine that...The F1 gas generator is the part of the engine mounted just above the red box in this image.On Jan. 10, 2013, the Saturn V F-1 gas generator completed a 20-second hot-fire test at Marshall Space Flight Center...Engineers dressed in Apollo-style white shirts with black ties stand by a Saturn V F-1 engine.A Saturn V F-1 engine, originally stored at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington arrives at NASA's...Tim Livengood, a Boeing welding engineer, confirms setup on a friction stir weld test fixture at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility...A machine operator stands on the first test panel for the Space Launch System's liquid hydrogen tank at AMRO Fabricating...Employees at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., unpack four large metal rings that will be used to...Michael Hale, a quality assurance inspector with the Space Systems Department at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.,...
