# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/8OayJ2mh1d
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15347463-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2015-09-29T18:54:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

This is the majestic barge that will carry the most powerful rocket core stage ever built—the barge name: Pegasus. At an August Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 Engine Test at Stennis Space Center, Alan Murphy, NASA Barge Pegasus Lead at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center shed some light on just what a sweet ride this boat really is. "Modifications were needed to the barge due to the increase in size of the SLS Core Stage over the Space Shuttle External Tank—the Core Stage being more than 50 feet taller and three times heavier than the External Tank. The Pegasus will be used to ship the Core Stage from the Michoud facility in New Orleans to the Kennedy Space Center." …Another awesome day at work! 
Credit: NASA 
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stennis, corestage, nola, nasa, rocketscience, journeytomars, slsfiredup, pegasus, madeinusa

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