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

455K views · 10K reactions | Behold: the most powerful rocket boosters ever built for flight  Together with the Northrop Grumman Corporation, we conducted a full-scale booster test for NASA's Space Launch System rocket — the same rocket that will bring humanity to the Moon and beyond with the #Artemis program. Missed it? Here are the highlights : https://go.nasa.gov/32XgCiC | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

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

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Tuesday, August 26, launched its giant Starship rocket for a tenth test flight aiming to overcome development setbacks and clinch long-sought technical milestones key to the Mars rocket's reusable design. The towering 403-foot-tall Starship system lifted off around 7:30 PM from SpaceX's Starbase facilities in south Texas on a mission to test the ship's new heat shield tiles and satellite deployment abilities, among hundreds of other upgrades from past iterations. The rocket