Get Cozy This Holiday Season with NASA's Revolutionary SLS Rocket Engine Fireplace!

This holiday season, NASA is bringing a unique twist to the traditional fireplace experience with a virtual rocket-powered hearth. Imagine gathering around a cozy fire, but instead of crackling logs, you have the roar of rocket engines warming your home!

The space agency has unveiled an innovative eight-hour-long video featuring a virtual fireplace lit by the powerful engines of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which successfully propelled the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the moon in November 2022. NASA humorously describes this creation as the perfect complement to your holiday festivities, stating, “Just what you need for the holidays — the coziness of a crackling and roaring rocket engine!

This extraordinary virtual fireplace boasts an impressive heat output, equivalent to that of FOUR RS-25 rocket engines accompanied by a couple of solid rocket boosters—ideal for achieving lift-off not just to the moon, but perhaps also through those family gatherings that can be a little too "heated."

To enhance the holiday atmosphere, NASA has included thoughtful touches in the video. The fireplace features a framed photo of the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft orbiting the moon, alongside the emblem of NASA's Artemis program, which aims to return humans to lunar exploration and pave the way for future Mars missions.

Curious about the SLS’s might? At liftoff, the SLS generates a whopping 8.8 million pounds of thrust, making it the most powerful rocket to ever carry out a successful mission, surpassing the legendary Saturn V, which produced 7.5 million pounds during the Apollo missions. However, this powerful title might soon be challenged by SpaceX’s Starship, which is in development to facilitate human journeys to the moon and beyond, boasting an astonishing thrust of 16.7 million pounds. While SpaceX has successfully completed six test flights, the SLS has yet to embark on its next journey, with its next launch scheduled for September 2025—if all goes according to plan.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the warmth of rocket engineering from the comfort of your home. Check out NASA's SLS rocket engine fireplace video—it’s the unique holiday ambiance you never knew you needed!