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NASA’s 70-metric-ton Space Launch System (SLS) is poised to be the rocket that will take us to Mars and beyond. An aerodynamics team at the Langley Research Center recently tested a model of the SLS in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel to measure the tremendous static and dynamic forces that will be exerted on the vehicle during launch.

http://www.nasa.gov/content/space-launch-system-model-undergoes-wind-tunnel-testing-at-nasa-langley/#.U6hNmY1dVAE

Image: Image Credit: NASA/David C. Bowman.

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