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Description: An RS-68 engine undergoing hot-fire testing at NASA's Stennis Space Center during its developmental phase. RS-68 being tested at NASA's Stennis Space Center. The nearly transparent exhaust is due to this engine's exhaust being mostly superheated steam (water vapor from its propellants, hydrogen and oxygen)
Title: RS-68 rocket engine test
Credit: https://rockettest.ssc.nasa.gov/ssc_ptd/projects_rs68.htm , http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/148709main_d4_testing_08.jpg
Author: NASA
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