After years without concrete missions beyond the current EM-2 test flight, NASA has finally unveiled a plan for multiple missions of its SLS rocket. The plan would see NASA initiate a multi-step approach to human exploration in cislunar space while simultaneously developing the architecture to enable human missions to Mars – all of which is dependant on funding from the U.S. Congress, which is currently seeking deep cuts to U.S. government spending.
EM-2
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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…
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In the face of political uncertainty and public apathy, NASA is beginning to push the…
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NASA is moving up a gear with its manifest planning for the Space Launch System…
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ATK’s Launch Abort System (LAS) – a key element for crew safety during the ride…
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The powerful Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) has taken another step forward, following NASA’s request to…
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Space Launch System (SLS) managers are continuing to look at potential – and as yet…
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The Stennis Space Center is just weeks away from returning to RS-25 engine testing, following…
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Following internal conversations regarding the upper stage design for the forthcoming second flight of the…
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With SLS on track to make its debut launch in December 2017 from Launch Complex…
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NASA has begun to define the approach towards capturing a space rock that will be…
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Space Launch System (SLS) managers are conducting a feasibility study into the use of a…