# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CaDDtPnOGth
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15341573-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-02-16T18:11:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Boom 🔥

NASA conducted its second RS-25 engine hot fire test of the new year Feb. 8 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASAStennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

This test was the third hot fire in the latest test series that began in mid-December. NASA is testing RS-25 engines to help power the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on future deep-space missions. Four RS-25 engines will generate a combined 2 million pounds (~900,000 kg) of thrust to power SLS’s ascent. Each test in the current series is providing valuable operational data to NASA's lead contractor, Aerojet Rocketdyne, on a variety of new components manufactured with state-of-the-art fabrication techniques as the company begins production of new RS-25 engines.

SLS will be the world's most powerful rocket and the only one capable of sending the agency’s Orion spacecraft, astronauts, and supplies to the Moon in a single mission. Initial SLS missions will send Orion to the Moon with our #Artemis missions, including the Artemis I uncrewed test flight this year that will pave the way for future flights with astronauts to explore the lunar surface and prepare for missions to Mars.

Credit: NASA/SSC

#RS25 #NASAStennis #Orion #SLS #NASA #Moon #FireAndSmoke #MoonRocket #Space

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nasa, space, moon, fireandsmoke, artemis, rs25, sls, orion, moonrocket, nasastennis

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