The speculation has been particularly intense regarding the future of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew ... required for the Artemis 2 and 3 missions, which will be crewed ...

In the first decades of the 21st century, NASA’s Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon, thanks to international partnerships.

The incoming US president is expected to gut support for research on the environment and infectious diseases, but could buoy ...

At 2:03 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday ... next to Elon Musk's SpaceX's Starship and NASA's new moon rocket, the Space Launch System. These heavy-lift vehicles have roughly the size and heft ...

The Space Coast is set for another busy year in 2025 with new moon missions, new spacecraft and the debut of a new rocket.

"The SLS rocket is designed to be evolvable ... Nasa added: "The final SLS configuration, Block 2, will provide 9.4 million lbs. of launch thrust, compared to the Block 1’s8.8 million lbs.

The uncrewed Artemis 1 mission has already flown, in 2022. The Artemis 2 mission in 2025 will use the SLS rocket to send a crew of four on a looping flight around the moon aboard an Orion spacecraft.

The core stage of the Space Launch System rocket went vertical at KSC’s Vehicle ... to finish construction of the larger mobile launcher 2 designed to support those rockets with their first ...

New Glenn, however, is not the biggest rocket. NASA’s Space Launch System and SpaceX’s Starship are both taller and more powerful. The Blue Origin rocket does not rely on never-before-seen ...

Thirty stories tall with a reusable first stage, New Glenn launched around 2 a.m. ET (0700 GMT ... NASA's giant Space Launch System rocket had a successful debut in 2022, as did the Vulcan ...