The first integrated Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle that will launch Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) will be put through a series of tests at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) by NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) processing teams beyond typical launch processing checkouts. Structural testing will be performed as major EM-1 hardware are joined for the first time in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and on the move out to Launch Pad 39B.
NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime test and operations contractor Jacobs are busy practicing…
Engineers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans are using a pathfinder RS-25…
Following a series of issues over the last year with the Core Stage for the…
The final work on Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B is being conducted in line with…
The Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) team at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in…
The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) is now deep into its latest phase of processing, as…
As NASA’s Exploration Systems Development (ESD) prepares for the upcoming review of its plans for…
While most of the recent attention has been on its next door neighbor, Pad 39B…
In what is a highly welcomed, if not somewhat surprising decision, NASA has officially announced that…
The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) has finally completed the installation of a large set of…
As part of its transition to the powerful Block 1B variant of the Space Launch…
With work continuing on a lengthy project to convert the Mobile Launcher (ML) for use…
Exploration Systems Development (ESD) Deputy Associate Administrator Bill Hill explained plans to mitigate flow concerns…
With just over two years to go until the rocket’s maiden launch, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA’s…
Kennedy Space Center’s famous launch pads are continuing their regeneration work in preparation for hosting…
Orbital ATK and NASA have entered into an agreement to begin negotiations over the potential…
NASA managers have placed a “stop work order” in relation to the human-rating of the…
NASA is ramping up production of hardware and flight elements for the Space Launch System…
Kennedy Space Center’s iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is continuing its preparations to host the…
