A recent assessment of the completion date for the first Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage now puts it at the end of May, 2019, close to the middle of next year. The date indicates that production and assembly schedules are still sliding and is reducing confidence in meeting the June, 2020 date that was at the late end of NASA’s schedule forecast for the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) launch.
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…
NASA has released a Request For Information for a new engine the agency will use…
NASA and prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne are continuing a fast pace of RS-25 test firings…
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…