As Boeing nears completing final assembly of NASA’s second Space Launch System (SLS) core stage at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans, the space agency’s prime contractor for SLS stages is continuing production of hardware for the next two units. The core stage for Artemis II is the last one that will be completed at MAF, with future builds now planned to undergo final construction at their launch site, the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.
Following a cost-saving summer slowdown, NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing…
NASA is now planning for the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage assigned to the…
NASA and its advisory bodies remain concerned about the low flight rate planned for its…
Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies Company, is helping install four of its RS-25 liquid-propellant rocket…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) delivered the last-ever Space Launch System (SLS) Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage…
The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission is nearing final assembly and testing at…
The first crewed Artemis mission is now the focus of NASA’s beyond-Earth orbit human spaceflight…
The NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program is now working on collecting, analyzing, and applying…
NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) have been preparing and planning for the Artemis II launch…
The NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program is continuing to review the experiences from the…
There are two words that most people never want to hear at a rocket launch,…
The NASA-developed flight software for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle successfully flew the…
The Orion spacecraft has reached the end of its flight on the Artemis I mission,…
Boeing, the prime contractor for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage, is adding two…
Mobile Launcher 1 (ML1, or ML) is on its way back to the Vehicle Assembly…
The four RS-25 engines from Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully propelled the Core Stage, Interim Cryogenic Propulsion…
The Artemis I launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from LC-39B at the…
Following a successful first launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) and its critical Core…
The Artemis I mission, the first flight of the Orion spacecraft and SLS, is now…
