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

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48K views · 636 reactions | The Space Launch System rocket that will launch humans back to the moon for the first time since 1972 began its journey to the launch pad on Jan. 17, 2026 with its rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch window open on Feb. 6. | Space.com | Facebook

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration just rolled out the Space Launch System (SLS), an 11-million-pound rocket built to return humans to the moon. 🚀🌕 This powerful launch vehicle will carry the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts around the Moon and beyond Earth orbit for the first time since Apollo 17. It took 12 hours to move the rocket just four miles to the launch pad. With over 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, the SLS is NASA’s most powerful rocket to date.