176K views · 3.9K reactions | A BAC TSR-2 filmed in flight, 1965. Envisioned as an aircraft capable of supersonic speeds, low-level performance and carrying a nuclear weapon, development was ultimately cancelled in 1965. Watch our video on the story of the TSR-2 here: https://bit.ly/4dH4fti Film: IWM DEC 6 | Imperial War Museum London | Facebook

TSR 2 Test Flight The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 was a cancelled Cold War strike and reconnaissance aircraft developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The TSR-2 was designed to penetrate a well-defended forward battle area at low altitudes and very high speeds, and then attack high-value targets in the rear with nuclear or conventional weapons. Another intended combat role was to provide high-altitude, high-speed

11K views · 299 reactions | Engineers at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Oct. 19 completed a hot-fire test of RS-25 rocket engine E2063, a flight engine for NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Engine E2063 is scheduled to help power SLS on its Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2), the first flight of the new rocket to carry humans. Flight engine E2059 was tested on March 10, 2016, also for use on the EM-2 flight. | NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center | Facebook