# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/6fEvC_mh2h
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15347655-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2015-08-17T13:05:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Look at the roar! The official shot of last week's RS-25 engine test at the A Test Complex at NASA's Stennis Space Center in MIssissippi. NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), the engine that will drive America's next great rocket to deep space, roared on the A-1 test stand on Thursday last week when it powered up for 535 seconds.

The RS-25, formerly the space shuttle main engine, fired up for 500 seconds on the A-1 test stand at Stennis, providing NASA engineers critical data on the engine controller unit and inlet pressure conditions. This is the first hot fire of an RS-25 engine since the end of space shuttle main engine testing in 2009. Four RS-25 engines will power SLS on future missions, including to an asteroid and Mars. 
#NASA #SLSFiredUp #JourneyToMars #rocketscience #technology #heritage #progress #space #exploration #Stennis #Mississippi #aerojetrocketdyne

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stennis, mississippi, nasa, heritage, space, rocketscience, journeytomars, exploration, technology, slsfiredup, aerojetrocketdyne, progress

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