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.
In the latest of a series of Request For Information (RFI) filings, NASA has called…
NASA and Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing are making progress building…
A full-scale model of a Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage, called the Core Stage…
NASA and Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing recently resumed welding elements…
NASA and Boeing are ramping up their preparations to begin full-scale production of the first…
The RS-25 – the engine that enjoyed a hugely successful career with the Space Shuttle…
NASA teams are finalizing the details on the Self Propelled Module Transporter (SPMT) that will…
NASA’s 15 Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) are being transported to the Stennis Space Center…
The Structural Test Articles (STA) that will make up the first core stage of the…
The Space Launch System (SLS) is undergoing final refinements – known as trades – on…
NASA has started updating plans and schedules for additional SLS Block 1 launches in the…
After a week and a half long river trip on Pegasus, the second of four…
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…
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…