Fired up! Did you miss today's booster test for our Space Launch System, the world’s most powerful rocket? Watch it now! During the SLS flight the boosters will provide more than 75 percent of the thrust needed to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth, the first step on our journey to Mars. More: http://www.nasa.gov/sls | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artemis I launched the Space Launch System and the uncrewed Orion capsule on a historic shakedown mission beyond Earth orbit. The flight tested the rocket, deep-space navigation, and Orion’s heat shield during reentry, laying the groundwork for Artemis II and the next generation of lunar exploration. | SpaceEve

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