Rocket Engine Icicles #2 (NASA, 1/16/09) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center An even be

Rocket Engine Icicles #2 (NASA, 1/16/09) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center An even better view of the engine icicles. This one shows the Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine (CECE) at about 10% power, and the ice is just dripping from the rim of the nozzle.

The one from 1/14/09 shows the CECE at 100% power, and the ice is less dramatic. That’s this one: www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@N05/3196622357/

Pretty cool. And if you wonder why this matters – beyond making a great photo – it’s because this is part of the testing that may help astronauts land on the moon:

www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/news/cece.html
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