In a further indication of Congress' position on the SLS and Orion programs, lawmakers set aside more than $4 billion for the ...

NASA's next moon rocket is stacking higher and higher at the Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS stage adapter and interim cryogenic propulsion stage arrive in the VAB.

SLS will launch NASA's Artemis 2 mission to fly four astronauts aboard an Orion spacecraft around the moon and back sometime next year. Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement.

NASA awarded Northrop Grumman a $3.2 billion contract in 2021 to produce boosters with existing shuttle parts for five SLS missions (Artemis IV-VIII), and design, develop, and test a new booster ...

The test encountered an anomaly. Northrop Grumman and NASA conducted a dramatic static-fire test of a booster for an SLS (Space Launch System) rocket last week. According to NASA, the five-segment ...

NASA’s powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is set to blast four astronauts to space next year on the epic Artemis II mission that will come within about 80 miles of the lunar surface.

To date, NASA's SLS has launched once on an uncrewed mission back in late 2022. During the flight, the Orion spacecraft was found to have heat shield issues upon reentry, forcing some adjustments ...

Despite the uncertainty surrounding SLS, NASA carried out another test of the rocket’s components last week. On June 20, the agency tested an RS-25 engine at the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA ...

The SLS and Orion, which have both launched just once on an uncrewed mission in 2022 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, are due to play a role in NASA's lunar ambitions ...

NASA's next moon rocket is stacking higher and higher at the Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS stage adapter and interim cryogenic propulsion stage arrive in the VAB.