One of the main elements of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage that makes it more than just a big fuel tank is the Main Propulsion System (MPS). All the equipment for the care and feeding of uprated Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME), adapted for SLS by Aerojet Rocketdyne as the RS-25, is repackaged from the backend of Space Shuttle Orbiters into a more traditional inline rocket stage.
NASA and prime contractor Boeing have reworked the final assembly plan for the first Space…
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…
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…
A recent assessment of the completion date for the first Space Launch System (SLS) Core…
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…
NASA is now planning for the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage assigned to the…
The integrated operations team of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime launch processing contractor…
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program is looking at a wide range of forecasts for…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program and prime Core Stage contractor Boeing wrapped up the…
