7.5K views · 297 reactions | A Northrop Grumman Pegasus rocket dropped from the belly of a carrier jet over the Pacific Ocean early Sunday and streaked into orbit with a small U.S. military space surveillance satellite named Odyssey, completing a successful rapid launch exercise in partnership with a secretive new Space Force special projects unit. Full story: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/06/13/pegasus-rocket-successful-in-responsive-launch-demonstration/ | Spaceflight Now | Facebook

18K views · 231 reactions | Timelapse of the first day of unloading of NASA's Pegasus barge at the Kennedy Space Center. Today crews unloaded the SLS Engine section for Artemis IV, as well as the SLS Core Stage 3 (engine section) for Artemis III. the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter for Artemis II remain onboard, to be uloaded later. | NASASpaceflight.com | Facebook

234K views · 123 reactions | Barge captains for NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's barge Pegasus, Alan Murphy and Terry Fitzgerald, give you an inside look at the massive boat that transports #NASASLS hardware between #NASA centers! WATCH >> https://go.nasa.gov/2M99jhV | NASA Michoud Assembly Facility | Facebook

🚀 3-2-1 🚀 Northrop Grumman just fired up the most powerful segmented solid rocket booster ever built and they made it happen in less than a year. In Promontory, Utah, the company conducted the first full-scale test of NASA’s BOLE (Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension) motor — a 156-foot-long beast delivering over 4 million pounds of thrust in just over two minutes. Designed to push the boundaries of deep space exploration, the BOLE booster brings a 10% performance boost over its predecessor