A recent assessment of the completion date for the first Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage now puts it at the end of May, 2019, close to the middle of next year. The date indicates that production and assembly schedules are still sliding and is reducing confidence in meeting the June, 2020 date that was at the late end of NASA’s schedule forecast for the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) launch.
NASA has issued a new Request For Information (RFI) that shows there is a deadline…
The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have signed a statement of intent to jointly…
Space Launch System (SLS) managers are now planning for the utilization of two Mobile Launchers…
NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime test and operations contractor Jacobs are busy practicing…
In the latest of a series of Request For Information (RFI) filings, NASA has called…
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…
An RS-25 engine throttled up to 113 percent of rated power for the first time…
The huge Mobile Launcher (ML) that will be used to launch NASA’s Space Launch System…
The RS-25 test team conducted their first hot-fire test of the year in the A-1…
NASA and prime contractor Boeing are deep into the application of spray-on foam insulation (SOFI)…
Engineers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans are using a pathfinder RS-25…
With the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) launch date now officially set for the end of…
NASA has completed an important three day Technical Interchange Meeting regarding the agency’s upcoming flagship…
The huge Mobile Launcher (ML) for the Space Launch System (SLS) is gaining more of…
Following a series of issues over the last year with the Core Stage for the…
NASA is getting ready to apply spray-on foam insulation (SOFI) to the outside of the…
A full-scale model of a Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage, called the Core Stage…
A little more than two weeks after the last test, the RS-25 test team acceptance…