# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/yczSXpmhwF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15348366-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2015-01-29T19:43:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Good afternoon, space fans! This #ThrowbackThursday returns us to 2011, when NASA and ATK Space Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of Development Motor-3 – NASA’s largest and most powerful solid rocket motor ever designed for flight. ATK manufactures the five-segment solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), essential components of the world’s most powerful rocket. Any questions? You’re in luck! Hop on to Twitter today at 3 p.m. EST for a #Spacechat with ATK's Gordie Russell, where you can ask questions about the upcoming #SLS booster firing. Don’t forget to tag #spacechat XploreDeepSpace and ATK. 
Credit: NASA/ATK 
#SLSFiredUp #JourneyToMars #smokeandfire #progress #testing #rocket #science #space #exploration #spacechat

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smokeandfire, science, rocket, space, testing, journeytomars, exploration, throwbackthursday, sls, slsfiredup, spacechat, progress

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