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This NASA image backdropped by red hills, shows the Development Motor-2, or DM-2, as it ignites during an August 31, 2010, static test that was conducted by ATK Aerospace Systems in Promontory, Utah. DM-2, the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight, is managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA and aerospace company ATK Aerospace Systems successfully tested Tuesday the most powerful solid-fuel rocket engine ever, even though its future in the space program remains in doubt. The DM-2 was designed as the first stage of the Ares I rocket to provide the lift-off thrust for the next generation of Orion spacecraft, which NASA hoped would return astronauts to the moon by 2020. AFP PHOTO/NASA/HANDOUT/RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE
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PROMONTORY, Utah, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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1 Septembrie 2010 |
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