NASA and prime contractor Boeing are deep into the application of spray-on foam insulation (SOFI) to elements of the first Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage (CS-1) and their sister test articles, inaugurating one of the later stages of production at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans, with hopes of completing final assembly of the first vehicle by the end of next year.
Impacted by significant disruptions in recent months, a wide range of assembly and production work…
While NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) continues to work through a recovery effort following last…
The Structural Test Articles (STA) that will make up the first core stage of the…
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden gained a close up and personal look at the ever-changing face…
An array of huge machinery is being installed at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), as…
The Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) has begun its transformation back into the birth place of…
NASA and prime contractor Boeing have reworked the final assembly plan for the first Space…
Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing reached a long-awaited milestone this week…
NASA and Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing are in the middle…
The top half of the first NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage now stands…
Over the past month Boeing assembled the top half of the first Space Launch System…
Just prior to expiration of U.S. federal government funding for NASA on December 21, the…
Following NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) releasing a report on October 10 of their…
A traffic jam of NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage hardware that needs to…
The crew compartment for NASA’s first crewed Orion spacecraft is headed to its launch site…
The Boeing team is working to finish the integration of the first engine section element of…
Prime contractor Boeing recently completed Thermal Protection System (TPS) applications on the liquid oxygen (LOX)…
After a week and a half long river trip on Pegasus, the second of four…
NASA and Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing are making progress building…