49K views · 932 reactions | Sound on! Engineers at #NASAMarshall tested NASA's Space Launch System liquid hydrogen test article tank to failure. The tank withstood more than 260% of expected flight loads before buckling and rupturing. MORE: https://go.nasa.gov/2OV8BEX. | NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center | Facebook

Behold: the most powerful rocket boosters ever built for flight 🚀 Together with the Northrop Grumman Corporation, we conducted a full-scale booster test for NASA's Space Launch System rocket — the same rocket that will bring humanity to the Moon and beyond with the #Artemis program. Missed it? Here are the highlights 🔥: https://go.nasa.gov/32XgCiC | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Tuesday, August 26, launched its giant Starship rocket for a tenth test flight aiming to overcome development setbacks and clinch long-sought technical milestones key to the Mars rocket's reusable design. The towering 403-foot-tall Starship system lifted off around 7:30 PM from SpaceX's Starbase facilities in south Texas on a mission to test the ship's new heat shield tiles and satellite deployment abilities, among hundreds of other upgrades from past iterations. The rocket