At a recent media event, NASA’s Orion Program Manager provided a brief update on development and preparations for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). Mark Kirasich ran through some of the current status of the EM-1 spacecraft elements that, once assembled and checked out, will make the cislunar test flight currently forecast for mid-2020.
As NASA continues to analyze and refine the profile for the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) test…
Top NASA human exploration administrators briefed the Human Exploration Operations (HEO) committee of the NASA…
With the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) launch date now officially set for the end of…
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The RS-25 engine team has conducted the latest engine controller unit (ECU) hot-fire acceptance test…
As US Vice President Mike Pence visited the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), one of the…
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With booster casting operations for SLS’s EM-1 mission well underway at Orbital ATK’s manufacturing facility…
Following the highly successful test firing of the Qualification Motor 2 (QM-2) at their proving…
With work continuing on a lengthy project to convert the Mobile Launcher (ML) for use…
Lockheed Martin has delivered the Orion crew vehicle’s heat shield for the upcoming EM-1 test…
NASA’s aim to provide a ride to numerous secondary payloads on the debut mission for…
NASA managers are closing in on a mission trajectory plan for the new Space Launch…
One of the major milestones for Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) was completed on Monday with…
As NASA continues to progress toward the debut flight of SLS in 2018, the agency…
With approximately three years to go before the inaugural flight of the Space Launch System rocket, NASA…
NASA and Boeing are ramping up their preparations to begin full-scale production of the first…