Nasa says the SLS is "the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and cargo directly to the moon in a single launch." But its expense has been criticized: each SLS launch is estimated to cost ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket completed another milestone on its way to launch with the Umbilical Release and Retract Test (URRT). The URRT was performed on the rocket on September 19 ...

When it was proposed in 2011, the SLS seemed so simple. Rather than spending the time and money required to develop a completely new rocket, the super heavy-lift booster would be based on lightly ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA Space Launch System, the rocket system that will eventually provide the means for ...

Unfortunately, NASA’s giant rocket, decades in development but flown exactly once, is likely to survive the transition. In its current form, SLS largely duplicates capacity available elsewhere ...

will make another attempt to launch the Space Launch System (SLS) giant rocket and its Orion capsule on the mission to the Moon not earlier than September 6, a senior NASA official said.

NASA this week showed off the progress of the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket to journalists, bringing out the crew and saying the rocket was ready to be stacked. On Monday ...

The core stage of the Space Launch System rocket went vertical at KSC’s Vehicle Assembly Building and stacking of it along the two solid rocket boosters will continue in early 2025 with the ...

under development for OmegA and the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) that will eventually be needed for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. In all, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS ...