# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo1LXvegreY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15343451-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-10-12T11:11:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

The arrival of fall in south Mississippi means billowing clouds of steam exhaust is in the air as NASA continues a series of RS-25 engine tests at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis. A team of operators conducted another successful 500-second RS-25 hot fire on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis on Oct. 11, marking the fourth in a series that will extend into 2019. Once again, the hot fire features an acceptance test of an RS-25 engine controller for use on a future flight of NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. RS-25 testing represents a critical step in development of the SLS. A quartet of RS-25 engines, firing simultaneously, will provide a combined 2 million pounds of thrust to help launch the new rocket, that will carry the Orion spacecraft, on missions to the Moon and beyond. 
Credit: NASA

#nasa #spacelaunchsystem #sls #rs25 #rocketscience #propulsion #testing #baystlouis #mississippi #nasastennis #stennisspacecenter

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baystlouis, nasastennis, propulsion, mississippi, stennisspacecenter, nasa, spacelaunchsystem, rocketscience, testing, rs25, sls

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