Space Launch System GallerySpace Launch System GalleryNASA engineers prepare a test article for a series of tests at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.Engineers position a 27.5-foot-diameter cylinder for the first full-scale Shell Buckling and Knockdown Factor Project test.The diaphragm for Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-1 was joined to an adapter prototype for pressurized testing.An F/A-18 research jet simulated various flight conditions that NASA's Space Launch System may experience from the launch pad to...Tannen VanZwieten, 31, a native of Pompano Beach, Fla., began her NASA career in 2008.Jeb Orr, 31, who was born in Philadelphia and moved all over the United States as a military kid, considers...Eric Gilligan, 23, a native of Roxbury, N.J., has a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania State University in...John Wall, 30, a native of Huntsville, is following the family footsteps of working for NASA.During EFT-1, Orion will travel to approximately 3,600 miles above Earth’s surface, farther than any spacecraft built for humans has...Wind tunnel tests at Ames Research Center will be used to enhance the design and stability of NASA's Space Launch...The Orion's stage adapter diaphragm leaves a manufacturing facility at Janicki Industries in Hamilton, Wash.Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center unwrap the Orion adapter diaphragm Sept. 27.This artist concept shows boosters separating from NASA’s Space Launch System.During the liftoff transition testing of a SLS model, engineers used a technique for studying airflow streamlines called smoke flow...Four RS-25 engines will power the core stage of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) -- NASA's new heavy-lift launch vehicle.Engineers prepare to hot-fire test a 3-D printed rocket part on Test Stand 115 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.Preparing a 3-D printed rocket injector for a hot fire test.A 3-D printed rocket part blazes to life during a hot-fire test.Fabrication is underway on liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen and related piping for RS-25 engine testing on the A-1 Test Stand...Fabrication is underway on liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen and related piping for RS-25 engine testing on the A-1 Test Stand...A scale model of NASA's SLS Core Stage test stand completed wind tunnel testing Aug. 8.The primary hardware infrastructure for the System Integration Test Facility is being constructed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.An SLS fly-out demonstration goes from prelaunch to all stages of vehicle separation events (booster separation, engine cut off, Orion...Artist concept of the Space Launch System (SLS) blueprint.The Space Launch System Preliminary Design Review (PDR) was held July 31 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.,Engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility transfer a 22-foot-tall barrel section of the SLS core stage from the Vertical Weld...Engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility transfer a 22-foot-tall barrel section of the SLS core stage from the Vertical Weld...NASA engineers installed a 3-D printed rocket injector in a subscale RS-25 engine model, then hot-fired the engine to nearly...Materials engineers made this one-piece rocket engine injector in just 40 hours in a sophisticated 3-D printing machine at the...Propulsion engineer Sandra Greene, left, and test engineer Cynthia Sprader recently completed a series of test firings at the Marshall...Two critical elements of Exploration Flight Test-1 were successfully connected during a fit check on June 26 at the Marshall...Technicians build part of the Space Launch System, NASA's next-generation launch vehicle: the diaphragm for the Multipurpose Crew Vehicle Stage...A closeup shot of the J-2X rocket engine shows how it was gimbaled during a June 14 test on the...The center aft segment for qualification motor-1 (QM-1), a full-scale version of a solid rocket motor for the Space Launch...A test of the Saturn V first stage, S-1C-5, is conducted on Aug. 25, 1967 on the B-1/B-2 Test Stand...The B-1/B-2 Test Stand is a dual-position, vertical, static-firing structure built at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in the...A new record was set on April 4 for J-2X engine test firings when the engine was fired for 570...An adapter for the Orion spacecraft is under construction at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., for the...The J-2X engine before installation at the Stennis Space Center. The engine's new turbo pump exhaust port cover (detailed inset)...A pogo z-baffle for an RS-25 engine, built using state-of-the-art Selective Laser Melting, is inspected with a structured light scan.