The four RS-25 engines from Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully propelled the Core Stage, Interim Cryogenic Propulsion System, and Orion/Service Module stack into its initial Earth orbit during the system’s debut launch on Nov. 16, 2022.
The engines fired for a full duration of nearly eight and a half minutes, inserting the SLS stack into a 30 x 1,800 km initial Earth orbit trajectory before their destructive plunge with the Core Stage back into the atmosphere near the Hawaiian islands.
NASA and the SLS teams have successfully launched the agency’s super heavy lift rocket which…
The first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket made the 6.7 km trip from High Bay…
NASA has scrubbed the second launch attempt of the Artemis I mission from the Kennedy…
Lockheed Martin has completed the first-time power-up of the Orion capsule for the Artemis 2…
NASA’s Artemis 1 flight vehicle remains in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy…
Years and billions of dollars in the making, the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket…
The Orion spacecraft that will fly to the Moon on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission was…
The Artemis I Orion spacecraft is currently undergoing final checkouts before the critical milestone of…
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program and prime launch support contractor Jacobs are working to…
After stacking the stages of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for NASA’s Artemis 1…
The launch campaign for NASA’s Artemis 1 test flight will be punctuated by critical and…
After a month of thermal protection system foam repairs and other preparations, workers with NASA’s…
Since 2012, SpaceX has been working on a reusable rocket family, now called Starship, that…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program is pursuing ways to accelerate development of the on-again,…
The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is set up back at home in…
Following the successful July Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) for…
NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and contractor personnel conducted an Abort To Orbit (ATO) test…
A flurry of initiatives announced early in March to find a way to fly Exploration…
NASA performed an in-flight test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) for its Orion crewed…
