NASA has started updating plans and schedules for additional SLS Block 1 launches in the early 2020s after Washington added federal budget money for a second Mobile Launcher (ML) platform and umbilical tower in late March.
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NASA’s realigning dual Mobile Launcher plan targets extra SLS Block 1 missions
by Chris BerginSpace Launch System (SLS) managers are now planning for the utilization of two Mobile Launchers…
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Constructing the crewed Orion – EM-2 spacecraft deep into welding operations
by Philip SlossConstruction of the living and working area for the first crewed Orion spacecraft is well…
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While NASA engages spacecraft industry help in studying concepts for design, development, test, and evaluation…
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Following a series of issues over the last year with the Core Stage for the…
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The first Orion spacecraft that will be capable of transporting NASA astronauts into deep space…
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With all the structural test articles (STA) of the Orion spacecraft at prime contractor Lockheed…
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As US Vice President Mike Pence visited the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), one of the…
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Orbital ATK recently provided a peek at current production of Space Launch System (SLS) booster…
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Following Orbital ATK successful test-firing of an Orion launch abort system (LAS) abort motor at…
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After years without concrete missions beyond the current EM-2 test flight, NASA has finally unveiled…
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With NASA’s management officially informing the workforce that evaluations are taking place into installing a…
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With booster casting operations for SLS’s EM-1 mission well underway at Orbital ATK’s manufacturing facility…
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With work continuing on a lengthy project to convert the Mobile Launcher (ML) for use…
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NASA’s Exploration Systems Development office has completed its review of progress to date as well…
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NASA managers have told the Agency’s safety oversight board that they are continuing to put…
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The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has issued a “Justification for Other Than Full and…
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NASA’s key advisory body has warned the agency that schedule pressure, in combination with cost…
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As NASA and its contracted partner agencies press forward toward the debut launch of the…
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NASA managers have placed a “stop work order” in relation to the human-rating of the…