The huge rocket with main orange-hued liquid fuel tank and strap-on solid fuel booster evoked memories of the shuttle, external tank, and dual boosters. Atop was the Orion crew spacecraft. They rolled it out to the famous pad 39B.
This was all for a pad test exercise ahead of the Artemis mission to return to the Moon.
It's an impressive vehicle which will generate more thrust than the Apollo Saturn V which helped humans reach and walk upon another celestial body.
Later, someone tagged the rocket ahead of a full Moon. Apropos.
Interesting times.
Read the article at the NASA web site for more info, links, and photos.
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