Space Launch System GallerySpace Launch System GalleryNASA's Space Launch System buffet model in NASA's Langley Researcher Center's Transonic Dynamics Tunnel.A J-2X power pack assembly burns brightly during a hot fire test Nov. 27 at NASA's Stennis Space Center in...An engineering technician guides a circumferential weld of the "pathfinder" version of the adapter design that will be used on...Engineers conduct their first circumferential weld of the "pathfinder" version of the adapter design that will be used on test...The first test piece produced on the M2 Cusing Machine - a new Selective Laser Machine recently installed at the...Engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center are learning how to operate the new Selective Laser Melting machine.Engineers using a state-of-the-art vertical welding tool at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., move a "pathfinder" version...Manager Mike Kynard explains how test personnel use working parts from an RS-25 engine to test the new engine control...Two J-2X engines and a power pack, developed by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, sit side-by-side at John C. Stennis Space...ATK moves a segment of the solid rocket booster for assembly at the company's facility in Promontory, Utah.The forward segment of the qualification motor for NASA'S Space Launch System is transported through manufacturing and assembly at ATK's...ATK employees at the company's Promontory, Utah facility prepare a segment of a qualification motor for NASA's Space Launch System...Four aluminum domes, each created using innovative friction stir welding processes, are seen in this overhead view of the Marshall...Wind tunnel testing on the 70-metric-ton configuration of SLS, conducted at the Langley Research Center.The 70-metric-ton configuration of the SLS rocket, designed to carry the Orion spacecraft, is tested in the Trisonic Wind Tunnel...Engineers at the Marshall Center test the 130-metric-ton heavy-lift configuration of the Space Launch System rocket in the Trisonic Wind...As Olympic athletes converge on London with dreams of winning gold in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, NASA is also...As Olympic athletes converge on London with dreams of winning gold in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, NASA is also...As Olympic athletes converge on London with dreams of winning gold in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, NASA is also...NASA conducted a 260-second J-2X engine test at the Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi on June 13 marking another...Stennis Space Center engineers and technicians watch as the J-2X powerpack is hoisted into place in the A-1 test stand...Assembly of the first J-2X, dubbed engine 10001, is in full swing at NASA's Stennis Space Center. Managed by the...NASA engineers conducted a 550-second test of the new J-2X rocket engine at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on July...NASA engineers conducted a 550-second test of the new J-2X rocket engine at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on July...In a brief but dazzling display, a 1.86-second burst of flame emerges from the A-1 test stand during the first...A burst of flame emerges from the A-1 test stand at Stennis Space Center as NASA kicks off the first...Stennis Space Center engineers and technicians install the J-2X powerpack into the A-1 test stand in preparation for testing Dec....NASA conducted a successful 500-second test firing of the J-2X rocket engine on Wednesday, Nov. 9, marking another important step...On Dec. 14, NASA engineers conducted their final J-2X engine test for 2011 - the 10th in a series -...During the Dec. 1 80-second duration J-2X test firing, NASA began characterizing the rocket engine's combustion stability to understand more...NASA conducted a successful 500-second test firing on the A-2 test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center. NASA/SSCNASA conducted a 40-second test of the J-2X rocket engine Sept. 28, the most recent in a series of tests...The J-2X fuel pump is the heart of the J-2X engine.During a record-breaking June 8 test, engineers throttled the J-2X powerpack up and down several times to explore numerous operating...During a record-breaking June 8 test, engineers throttled the J-2X powerpack up and down several times to explore numerous operating...jsc2018e010822 - Bundled up against a blizzard, Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold of NASA (left), Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center)...The shake, rattle and roar lasted just seven seconds, but the short J-2X test conducted May 16 at NASA's John...NASA conducted a long duration test of the J-2X powerpack, 340 seconds total, at the Stennis Space Center in southern...NASA conducted a long duration test of the J-2X powerpack, 340 seconds total, at the Stennis Space Center in southern...NASA kicked off the next round of testing on the J-2X rocket engine April 26.
