NASA SLS Exploration Upper Stage Passes Critical Design Review
The Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) for future flights of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket has passed its Critical Design Review, or CDR. A panel of experts evaluated…
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NASA Successfully Powered Up Core Stage of the Massive SLS Rocket in Green Run Test
NASA successfully powered up the core stage at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on December 5 and started the process…
NASA Building SLS Core Stages for Second, Third Artemis Moon Missions
Technicians are simultaneously manufacturing NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) core stages for the Artemis II and Artemis III lunar missions at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in…
Artemis I Stacks Up: NASA Begins Assembling Massive SLS Rocket for Moon Mission
Eight rocket motor segments for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) are lined up in preparation for stacking at NASA’s Kennedy Space…
Future NASA Rocket Engines May Include Large-Scale 3D Printing
As part of the Artemis program, NASA is returning astronauts to the Moon where we will prepare for human exploration of Mars. Additive manufacturing, or…
NASA SLS Rocket Booster Hot Fire Test Produces More Than 3 Million Pounds of Thrust [Video]
NASA completed a full-scale booster test for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket in Promontory, Utah, on September 2, 2020. The full-scale booster firing was conducted…
NASA Conducts Massive SLS Rocket Booster Test for Artemis Mission to the Moon
As NASA begins assembling the boosters for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will power the first Artemis mission to the Moon, teams in…
NASA Artemis Missions Set to Begin Next Year as SLS Rocket Costs Climb
Jumping headfirst into the Artemis program has been one of the highlights in my transition as the associate administrator for human spaceflight. With an ongoing…
Watch the NASA Artemis SLS Rocket Booster Full-Scale Test
NASA will broadcast a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket full-scale booster test at 2:40 p.m. EDT Wednesday, September 2, on NASA Television and the agency’s…
NASA Plans for More SLS Solid Rocket Boosters to Launch Up to 9 Artemis Moon Missions
NASA has taken the next steps toward building Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters to support as many as six additional flights, for a…
Massive SLS Rocket Test: NASA to Apply Millions of Pounds of Force to Try to Break Oxygen Tank Structure
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program is concluding its structural qualification test series with one upcoming final test that will push the design for the…
First Massive SLS Rocket Core Stage for NASA’s Artemis Completed and Loaded for Transport
The first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage for NASA’s Artemis program completed manufacturing work at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and…
All Four Rocket Engines Attached to the SLS Core Stage for Artemis I Mission
All four RS-25 engines were structurally mated to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for Artemis I, the first mission of…
NASA Completes Review of Exploration Mission-1
NASA scientists are providing an update on the first integrated launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft after completing a comprehensive…
A Peek Inside the Fuel Tank For World’s Largest Rocket
This image gives us a look up inside a nearly complete fuel tank for NASA’s powerful, new rocket—the Space Launch System – that will take…
NASA Space Launch System Completes Design Review, Ready to Meet the Challenges of the Journey to Mars
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) has completed all steps needed to clear a critical design review. It is the first vehicle designed to meet the…
NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Begins Critical Design Review
NASA’s Orion Spacecraft began its critical design review last week, a major program milestone that will ensure the spacecraft’s design is ready for its deep…
NASA SLS Program ‘Right on Track’ for Journey to Mars
NASA’s Space Launch System Program has completed its review — another step forward for the program that will help launch astronauts on missions to an…