As NASA continues to analyze and refine the profile for the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) test flight, more information about the multi-week mission is beginning to be detailed. The Orion spacecraft will fly into orbit around the Moon before returning to Earth in a shakedown mission before the first crew flies in Orion on Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2).
Prime contractor Boeing recently completed Thermal Protection System (TPS) applications on the liquid oxygen (LOX)…
NASA has started updating plans and schedules for additional SLS Block 1 launches in the…
A recent assessment of the completion date for the first Space Launch System (SLS) Core…
Space Launch System (SLS) managers are now planning for the utilization of two Mobile Launchers…
Top NASA human exploration administrators briefed the Human Exploration Operations (HEO) committee of the NASA…
Engineers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans are using a pathfinder RS-25…
Preparations involving the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) Orion are enjoying a relatively trouble-free processing flow…
With the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) launch date now officially set for the end of…
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…
The Orion European Service Module (ESM) Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) is in the opening phases…
With all the structural test articles (STA) of the Orion spacecraft at prime contractor Lockheed…
As US Vice President Mike Pence visited the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), one of the…
Orbital ATK recently provided a peek at current production of Space Launch System (SLS) booster…
As NASA’s Exploration Systems Development (ESD) prepares for the upcoming review of its plans for…
Impacted by significant disruptions in recent months, a wide range of assembly and production work…
In what is a highly welcomed, if not somewhat surprising decision, NASA has officially announced that…
NASA and Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing recently resumed welding elements…