The first integrated Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle that will launch Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) will be put through a series of tests at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) by NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) processing teams beyond typical launch processing checkouts. Structural testing will be performed as major EM-1 hardware are joined for the first time in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and on the move out to Launch Pad 39B.
Testing of the Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft resumed at the White…
Following NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) releasing a report on October 10 of their…
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems continues production of solid rocket booster (SRB) segments for the first…
This year’s decision to increase and extend use of the initial “Block 1” operating configuration…
The RS-25 engine test team at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi ran the next…
NASA management updated the agency’s human exploration plans for the 2020s to the NASA Advisory…
The Space Launch System (SLS) Mobile Launcher (ML) has conducted a major milestone, as it…
A ground test RS-25 engine has conducted another test firing Thursday afternoon while held in…
A traffic jam of NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage hardware that needs to…
The crew compartment for NASA’s first crewed Orion spacecraft is headed to its launch site…
The Boeing team is working to finish the integration of the first engine section element of…
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…
Crawler Transporter -2 (CT-2) is tracking an August road trip down the Kennedy Space Center…
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…