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Rocket Science in 60 Seconds— Take an inside look at the work being done at NASA to explore deep space. In this episode, Karen Berry and Jay Bourgeois, engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, provide deeper insight into the inner workings of the RS-25 engines on NASA’s SLS rocket and how they help power NASA’s next-generation lunar missions through Artemis. The four engines are arranged at the base of the rocket’s core stage and produce more than 2 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. — Watch and share
Engine Time — Watch as the teams from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans complete a significant milestone for Artemis II by installing all four RS-25 engines to the 212-foot-tall core stage for SLS. During Artemis II, the four engines will fire for eight minutes at launch, producing more than 2 million pounds of thrust to send the Artemis II crew around the Moon.
Beyond Amazing — This latest time-lapse video lets you observe as technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans complete a major portion of a weld confidence article for the advanced upper stage of SLS. Beginning with Artemis IV, SLS will evolve to a more powerful Block 1B configuration with the upper stage, which will give the rocket to capability to launch 40% more cargo to the Moon along with Artemis astronauts inside NASA’s Orion spacecraft. — Watch and share
