for the Core Stage, SLS transformed the other launch elements from Shuttle into a bigger, in-line rocket. “A lot of the basics are the same for SLS as it was for Shuttle,” Jonathan Looser ...

The massive core section of the SLS has shuttle heritage in it Nasa has finished assembling the main structural components for its largest rocket since the Apollo-era Saturn V. Engineers at the ...

NASA and prime contractor Boeing are working to finish assembly and checkout of the first Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage next month and send it on its way to a rocket test facility by Christmas.

In place of the complex winged Orbiter, crew and cargo would ride atop the rocket using an upper stage and capsule not unlike what was used in the Apollo program. The SLS core stage is rolled out ...

Although it won’t be blasting off until mid-2026 at the earliest, preparations are already well underway for the launch of NASA’s highly anticipated Artemis II mission. The endeavor will ...

the core stage of Boeing’s SLS rocket, with its advanced RS-25 engines derived from the United States Space Shuttle, is jettisoned into the Atlantic Ocean following every liftoff. At the moment ...

The real SLS first launched in November 2022 ... which vents gaseous hydrogen from the core stage. At the base of the rocket, ...

The core stage booster of SLS towered over the crew as they spoke to reporters Monday. Meanwhile the solid rocket boosters sat around the corner, ready to be stacked. That core stage booster ...

NASA moved its Space Launch System Moon rocket core stage to a vertical position in High Bay 2 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during ...

With the liquid oxygen tank now fully welded, all of the major structures that will form the core stage for the SLS rocket for the agency's Artemis III mission are ready for additional outfitting.

Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket comes in at a towering 320 feet tall — which is equivalent to a 32-story skyscraper.