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A rocket motor exploded two minutes into a test for NASA's Artemis program.

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Phil Raby1 year ago

That is some terrible camera work.

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Xenite1 year ago

@soypandoracr

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StargateGirl1 year ago

Sorry Northrop Grumman. Keep trying !

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Burt Convy1 year ago

Not only are we never going to Mars, we are never going back to the moon.

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Sweet Eva 🍬1 year ago

At least it wasn’t during the actual moon trip… yet.

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