See the space view of NASA's dramatic moon rocket hot-fire test

The plume was so big, it wasspotted by the NOAA/NASA Goes-East weather satellite.

NASA fired the engines for just over eight minutes, creating a huge steam cloud in the process.

NASA’s weather observation-focusedSPoRT team shared the satellite view of the test on Thursday.

The GIF shows a band of clouds moving across the top of the view.

The SLS test’s rocket-made cloud appears as a small but noticeable puff.

A yellow arrow points out its location.

That puff of white was the NASA SLS test on Mar.

18 as seen by the Goes-East satellite.

The satellite captured the action with its Advanced Baseline Imager from a great distance.

The hot-fire was quite the sight, from both the surface and far above.