Posts Tagged ‘Upper Stage’

NASA confirms EUS for SLS Block IB design and EM-2 flight

Following internal conversations regarding the upper stage design for the forthcoming second flight of the Space Launch System (SLS)  – named Exploration Mission -2 (EM-2) – NASA has…

New SLS mission options explored via new Large Upper Stage

As NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket continues toward its initial debut in 2017, a Boeing proposal for a new Large Upper Stage for the rocket would see…

SLS upper stage proposals reveal increasing payload-to-destination options

With less than a year to go before the inaugural flight of NASA’s Orion crew capsule and just over four years until the debut of the SLS rocket…

J-2X powerpack completes 2012 testing ahead of SLS role

The powerpack assembly for the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) J-2X engine has completed its year of testing at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The engine is…

Aerojet complete PDR on next-gen Upper Stage engine turbopump

Based on a request from the US Air Force, a new Upper Stage engine – to ultimately replace the RL-10 used by the Atlas V and Delta IV…