The Boeing team is working to finish the integration of the first engine section element of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage by focusing its efforts in short-term team challenges. Boeing management recently challenged the team at Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans to complete packages of major work items within a few weeks. They are currently beating or meeting those deadlines as the Core Stage prime contractor aims to hold to a late Fall completion date for the element.
The RS-25 team at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi began the next development test…
As NASA continues to analyze and refine the profile for the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) test…
As the next series of RS-25 engine test firings at the Stennis Space Center in…
Prime contractor Boeing recently completed Thermal Protection System (TPS) applications on the liquid oxygen (LOX)…
Restart of RS-25 rocket engine production is ramping up at prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Canoga…
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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…
The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have signed a statement of intent to jointly…
NASA is getting the hardware ready for an important test next year of the launch…
Space Launch System (SLS) managers are now planning for the utilization of two Mobile Launchers…
NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime test and operations contractor Jacobs are busy practicing…
In the latest of a series of Request For Information (RFI) filings, NASA has called…
Top NASA human exploration administrators briefed the Human Exploration Operations (HEO) committee of the NASA…
As NASA refocuses – once again – on returning to the Lunar surface, the agency…
The Trump Administration is proposing to formally start a cislunar space station program and begin…
After a week and a half long river trip on Pegasus, the second of four…
NASA and Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing are making progress building…
An RS-25 engine throttled up to 113 percent of rated power for the first time…