NASA has revealed that another component of the Space Launch System rocket is ready for the upcoming agency’s crewed test flight around the Moon.

The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side ...

An upgraded mobile launch tower for the SLS has also been plagued by cost overruns and schedule slippage. Nasa says the SLS is "the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and cargo directly ...

Following Artemis 3, NASA will move to a different launch tower, ML-2, that will support the launches of SLS Block 1B and its Exploration Upper Stage that replaces the ICPS. A second Mobile ...

It later added a new launch umbilical tower with an astronaut access arm ... but its primary purpose will be to host the gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, a Saturn-V-sized monster that ...

The new tower will also contain all of the fueling ... 3 – catty-corner across the VAB – to stack its monstrous SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. But in this sharing lies synergy as NGIS ...

The lights may be starting to go out for NASA's Space Launch System program. On Wednesday, one of the Republican space policy leaders most consistently opposed to commercial heavy lift rockets ...

Things aren’t looking good for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). Occasionally referred to as the “Senate Launch System”, or even less graciously, the “Rocket to Nowhere”, the super ...

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First published more than 125 years ago, the great author's quip about his rumored demise applies well to the situation today with NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), a 322-foot tall rocket designed ...

While the Super Heavy booster was once again caught by the launch tower arms, the ship itself was a loss. SpaceX initially had been hoping to return the ship to the launch pad on Flight 9, which would ...