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Video: NASA / Marshall Space Flight Center · Public domain (NASA) · Source
This is real.
Based on 1 strong and 0 supporting piece of evidence.
What we found
NASA engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, deliberately pushed a test copy of the Space Launch System rocket's liquid oxygen tank beyond its limits until it broke. The tank was filled with water to stand in for the liquid oxygen, which is what gushes out when it ruptures. NASA published this slow-motion footage on 24 June 2020.
Key facts
- Original source
- Video: NASA / Marshall Space Flight Center
- First published
- Not recorded
- Earlier appearances
- Not recorded
- The claim you saw
- No caption recorded
- Signs of AI
- None that decide it
The evidence, strongest first
Strong Decides the answer
Original sourceNASA Image and Video Library: "Engineers Break SLS Rocket Propellant Tank On Purpose", 24 June 2020↗Supporting Points the same way
None.
Weak Shown, not relied on
Detector scores are often wrong, so they never decide a verdict here.
What we couldn’t establish
Anything about the moment it shows beyond what the sources above record. If you know more, tell us.
Bottom line
Real: the original source shows it.
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