SLS merged the MPTA aft fuselage and External Tank elements into an inline rocket stage. The left image shows the orbiter aft fuselage built and integrated for the MPTA being lifted into the B-2 ...

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.

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 ...

Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.

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 ...

Unfortunately, NASA’s giant rocket, decades in development ... including ground systems and the Exploration upper stage. This paid for no test flights in 2024. SLS’ one test flight, which ...

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 ...

and can even be separated into its various stages.View Deal Although the Lego Icons NASA Artemis Space Launch System set is ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

ULA rocket launch schedule in Florida 322 feet Two stage rocket with two solid rocket boosters NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) will launch Orion spacecraft and its astronaut crews of four to the ...