Space Launch System GallerySpace Launch System GalleryA 5-percent scale model of the Space Launch System (SLS) is ignited Aug. 28 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.At NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, all of the flight rings for the Space Launch System's first mission,...Ten barrels have been welded, including the first four LH2 qualification barrels, for the SLS core stage at NASA’s Michoud...The booster forward skirt provides the critical connection between NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and its twin solid...One of the largest composite cryotanks ever built recently completed a battery of tests at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center...NASA took a big step forward in preparations to test its Space Launch System core stage Aug. 7 with a...A full-scale replica of the SLS liquid oxygen tank feed system is set up on one of the Marshall Center's...America's Next Giant LeapA 170-foot powerhouse -- the Vertical Assembly Center -- will soon be ready to build the core stage of NASA's...RS-25 rocket engine No. 0525 is positioned onto the A-1 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi in...Narayanan Ramachandran, a Jacobs Technology engineer at NASA's Marshall Center, gathers velocity data during recent SLS diffuser testing.The low-profile diffuser undergoes a round of tests at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.This image shows a Scale Model Acoustic Test for NASA's Space Launch System, conducted on July 2, 2014.Technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans lower a qualification ring for the SLS core stage.A barrel is lifted off the Vertical Weld Center (VWC) at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, will be the most powerful rocket in history.The Space Launch System (SLS), Orion spacecraft and commercial crew and cargo vehicles are complementing initiatives that will support NASA’s...A 5-percent scale model, including solid rocket motors, of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) is ignited to test how low-...NASA and ATK engineers complete structural loads testing on the Space Launch System (SLS) booster forward skirt at ATK’s facility...Artist concept of Test Stand 4697 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.Artist concept of Test Stand 4693 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.Engineers test the booster avionics through two-minute simulations of the SLS in flight.Managers discuss NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) booster avionics system at ATK's Clearfield, Utah, lab.Artist concept of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters firing their separation rockets and pushing away from the...A 5-percent scale model of the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage fires up for another round of acoustic testing...Technicians install Developmental Flight Instrumentation Data Acquisition Units in Marshall Space Flight Center's Systems Integration and Test Facility.Two-percent scale models of the Space Launch System solid rocket boosters and core stage RS-25 engines have been designed and...The 2-percent scale models of the SLS boosters and core stage engines are ignited for a 100 millisecond, hot-fire test.Crews at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center prepare the adapter for testing.For the structural loads test, the adapter was attached with lines running in different directions on the hardware.The test article stage adapter is lowered into a test stand in the East Test Area at NASA's Marshall Space...The completed adapter for the Orion spacecraft is prepared for its first test flight later this fall.Michael Martin, an InfoPro Corp. employee supporting Marshall's Test Laboratory, installs a leak check fixture on one of the liquid...A 5-percent scale model of the Space Launch System (SLS) is ignited for five seconds to measure the affects acoustic...A thrust frame adapter is lifted onto the A-1 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in the closing days...A RS-25 thrust frame adapter is positioned into place for mounting onto the A-1 Test Stand as NASA’s Stennis Space...NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, center, views progress on the Space Launch System at Michoud Assembly Facility.Hardware, software and operating systems for NASA's Space Launch System recently were integrated and powered up for an inaugural run.A test engineer runs an avionics flight simulation to see how SLS will perform during launch.NASA engineers buckled an aluminum-lithium cylinder similar in size to fuel tanks for the largest rockets ever built.