Rollout to the pad will gain another test in August when the SLS ML takes its first trip to Pad 39B in August. A milestone towards that roll took place at the start of this month when Crawler ...

A series of issues were discovered during three attempts to perform the Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) while the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket were out at Launch Pad 39B.

Forces induced during rollout and on the launch pad are not directly measurable, thus necessitating a unique approach. NASA is developing the SLS to support lunar and deep space exploration.

SLS is a big rocket. The first stage measures ... the rocket will be rolled out to Pad 39B for a tanking test, during which the rocket will be filled with fuel. This is expected to occur in ...

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 ...