Space Image of the Day Gallery (June 2016)

By Space.com Staff
published

June 29th

NASA/Bill Ingalls

Wednesday, June 29: The June 28, 2016 booster engine test for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was a success! The second and final qualification motor (QM-2) was set ablaze outside Orbital ATK's test facilities in Promontory, Utah. — Samantha Mathewson

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Space.com Staff
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