People take pictures as the SLS five-segment Solid Rocket Motor undergoes a static test fire at the Orbital ATK facility in Promontory, Utah, yesterday. The beefed-up space shuttle solid rocket motor passed a two-minute test firing, a key milestone toward the debut flight of Nasa’s deep-space launcher in 2018, the US space agency said.

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