NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime test and operations contractor Jacobs are busy practicing how to put Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) together in High Bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Working with inert motor segments and booster hardware, the EGS and Jacobs team are running through all the procedures they will use to process the SRB flight hardware for the first Space Launch System (SLS) launch, Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1).
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Top NASA human exploration administrators briefed the Human Exploration Operations (HEO) committee of the NASA…
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The Trump Administration is proposing to formally start a cislunar space station program and begin…
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An RS-25 engine throttled up to 113 percent of rated power for the first time…
NASA has released a Request For Information for a new engine the agency will use…
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The RS-25 test team conducted their first hot-fire test of the year in the A-1…
Following closely on the heels of certifying one set of RS-25 engine upgrades and updates…
NASA and prime contractor Boeing are deep into the application of spray-on foam insulation (SOFI)…
While NASA engages spacecraft industry help in studying concepts for design, development, test, and evaluation…
Engineers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans are using a pathfinder RS-25…
With the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) launch date now officially set for the end of…
NASA has completed an important three day Technical Interchange Meeting regarding the agency’s upcoming flagship…
The huge Mobile Launcher (ML) for the Space Launch System (SLS) is gaining more of…
The RS-25 test team at Stennis Space Center hot-fired an untested flight engine on the…
Following a series of issues over the last year with the Core Stage for the…