“We will be flying the Space Launch System for decades to come, and breaking the propellant tank today will help us safely and efficiently evolve the SLS rocket as our desired missions evolve.

NASA has initialized plans via a letter contract with Northrop Grumman for 12 additional Solid Rocket Boosters, or SRBs, for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket — a pending contract ...

Nasa says the SLS is "the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and cargo directly to the moon in a single launch." But its expense has been criticized: each SLS launch is estimated to cost ...

When it was proposed in 2011, the SLS seemed so simple. Rather than spending the time and money required to develop a completely new rocket, the super heavy-lift booster would be based on lightly ...

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 ...

Stream a rocket engine fireplace in the living room instead. Here's what NASA says about its fireplace:"Technically, this fireplace packs the heat of the SLS rocket’s four RS-25 engines and a ...

Nasa has started assembling the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on a launch platform ahead of its maiden flight next year. The SLS is the giant rocket that will send US astronauts back to ...

All the major structures that will form the core stage for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the agency’s Artemis III mission are structurally complete. Technicians finished welding ...

NASA conducted the third RS-25 engine hot fire in a critical 12-test certification series Nov. 29, demonstrating a key capability necessary for flight of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket ...