Space Launch System GallerySpace Launch System GalleryA test version of the booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, will fire up for the second...Todd Gough, a Boeing fabrication specialist at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, installs the end cap test fixture...A crew completes installation and checkout procedures for the liquid oxygen tank weld confidence article, left. The liquid hydrogen and...Ratana Meekham, a Qualis Corp. engineering technician at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, helps install approximately 5...A crane lifts the qualification test article of the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) after final manufacturing on a 30-foot...Two cranes lift the interim cryogenic propulsion stage test article, built and delivered by United Launch Alliance in Decatur to...A lid is lifted off to reveal the interim cryogenic propulsion stage test article, which is similar to the upper...The interim cryogenic propulsion stage test article made a five-hour journey on the Tennessee River from United Launch Alliance in...A crane lifts the structural test article of the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) after final manufacturing on a 30-foot...An Orbital ATK technician inspects hardware and instrumentation on a full-scale, test version booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space...An Orbital ATK technician checks the temperature of a full-scale, test version booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch...Engineers are constructing qualification structural test articles for the core stage at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.A test version of the booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, will fire up for the second...A full-scale, test version of the booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, will fire up for the...Flight hardware for the core stage of the world's most powerful rocket, NASA's Space Launch System, finishes final welding and...Twelve main tower panels, built and delivered by Weldall Manufacturing Inc. of Waukesha, Wisconsin, for the intertank test structure have...This artist concept shows the 50-foot engine section test structure under construction at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,...This artist concept depicts the 62-foot-tall intertank test structure under construction at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.A steel beam is "flown" by crane into position on the 221-foot-tall (67.4 meters) twin towers of Test Stand 4693...Ratana Meekham, a Qualis Corp. engineering technician at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, helps install approximately 5...A liquid oxygen tank confidence article for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, completes final welding on the Vertical...RS-25 engine No. 2059 arrives at the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center on Nov. 4, 2015.The fifth and final segment for a full-scale test version of NASA's Space Launch System booster is delivered March 2...On March 4, crew members ready a 900-pound steel beam to "top out" Test Stand 4697, which is under construction...An engine section weld confidence article is taken off the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New...A liquid hydrogen tank weld confidence article, at left, for the core stage of NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch...Artist concept of the core stage pathfinderOn its first mission—Exploration Mission 1--the Space Launch System (SLS) will transport secondary payloads mounted inside the Orion Stage Adaptor...The aft cone, or bottom portion, of a test version of the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) for the world’s...A crane moves the first steel tier to be bolted into place on Jan. 6, for welding of a second...It’s “Operation Insulation” for NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch System, at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,...The forward cone for a test version of the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) -- part of NASA’s new rocket,...Teams at AMRO Fabricating Corp. in South El Monte, California, show completed flight and structural test article hardware panels, arranged...Steel is rising for two towers that will compose a 215-foot-tall structural test stand for NASA's Space Launch System at...Artist concept of the structural test articles that replicate the upper portion of the Space Launch System rocket.Space Launch System Program Manager John Honeycutt thanks United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Boeing Co. employees for their work on...NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) will be the most powerful rocket in history for deep space missions, including to an...The initial configuration of SLS will be able to launch payloads in a five-meter-class fairing compatible with current spacecraft designs.Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed more than 50 pieces of flight and qualification hardware...Technicians at Orbital ATK in Promontory, Utah, offload the aft stiffener that will be used on one of the two,...
