The test version of the liquid hydrogen (H2) fuel tank for NASA’s behemoth booster designed to send astronauts on expeditions into deep space has been moved for structural testing.
The largest single piece of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, measuring 149-foot-long, has left the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans for testing at the Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
During the testing, dozens of hydraulic cylinders in will push and pull on the giant tank, subjecting it to the same stresses and loads it will endure during lift off and flight.
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