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SOURCE: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center https://flic.kr/p/2r7q5fm

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"NASA Stennis Teams Install New Production RS-25 Engine for Upcoming Hot Fire

NASA marked a key milestone Feb. 18 with installation of RS-25 engine No. E20001, the first new production engine to help power the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on future Artemis missions to the Moon.

The engine, built by lead SLS engines contractor L3Harris (formerly Aerojet Rocketdyne), was installed on the Fred Haise Test Stand in preparation for acceptance testing next month. It represents the first of 24 new flight engines being built for SLS flights, beginning with Artemis V.

In this image, teams at NASA Stennis deliver, lift, and install the first new production RS-25 engine on the Fred Haise Test Stand on Feb. 18."

Credit: NASA/Danny Nowlin

Date: February 18, 2025

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O Christmas Tree! by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Via Flickr: A new version of the “Christmas tree cluster” is now available. Like NGC 602, NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old. (For comparison, the Sun is a middle-aged star about 5 billion years old — about 1,000 times older.) In this image of NGC 2264, which is much closer than NGC 602 at a distance of about 2,500 light-years from Earth, data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (red, purple, blue, and white) has been combined with optical data (green and violet) captured from by astrophotographer Michael Clow from his telescope in Arizona in November 2024. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Clow, M.; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand #NASAMarshall #NASA #astrophysics #NASAChandra #NASA #JWST #NASAWebb #star #starcluster Read more Read more about the Chandra X-ray Observatory NASA Media Usage Guidelines

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Marshall Space Flight Center's 65th Anniversary by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Via Flickr: In 2025, Marshall Space Flight Center will be celebrating our 65th anniversary! All year long, we will be showcasing the past, present, and future work at our center. From the Earth, to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Follow us and stay tuned! In this image, the Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise is removed from the Marshall Center's Dynamic Test Stand following its first Mated Vertical Ground Vibration test (MVGVT) in 1978. The tests marked the first time ever that the entire shuttle complement (including Orbiter, external tank, and solid rocket boosters) were mated vertically. Credits: NASA #NASA #space #NASAMarshall #sls #spacelaunchsystem #nasasls #rockets #exploration #artemis #SpaceShuttle More about NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center NASA Media Usage Guidelines

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Lunch buddies!! Gus and Deke during a break at Marshall Space Flight Center, some time in 1966.