NASA's Ares V cargo launch vehicle (CLV), named after its five first-stage cryogenic powerplants, could have six engines, be taller than the Apollo programme's Saturn V and diminish the space agency's ...

If you follow the news around space travel these days, you'll be liable to be inundated up to your eyeballs with claims that NASA's SLS rocket, the heart, and soul behind the Artemis program, is an ...

NASA has dropped the Ares V cargo launch vehicle (CaLV) and Altair lunar lander from its Constellation programme's Exploration ground launch services (EGLS) request for proposals citing, the CaLV's ...

WASHINGTON — NASA has released a draft request for proposals, or RFP, regarding Phase I of its Ares V launch vehicle. The rocket will perform heavy lift and cargo functions as part of the next ...

WASHINGTON – NASA has signed a $1.8 billion contract with Alliant Techsystems, known as ATK, located near Brigham City, Utah, for the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the first stage of ...

The agency’s video segments highlight milestones in the space vehicles’ progress. NASA has started posting video updates about the development of its new space vehicles on Apple’s iTunes ...

NASA's new Ares I-X rocket may be the world's largest booster currently in service or about to fly, but it is no behemoth when compared to giant rockets of the past — and perhaps the future. The Ares ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the wake of criticism that NASA's next-generation Constellation Program rockets are behind schedule and over budget, teams of agency engineers are hastily reviewing ...

NASA is developing alternative designs to the Ares I rocket at the request of a White House-appointed panel that's reviewing the future of manned spaceflight. That has some space experts worried that ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor. The March 10 test paves the way for the initial ground test ...