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 ...

The SLS Core Stage is a new design around the ... sequence that will be run for the first time with a live vehicle under launch conditions is a demonstration that the stage is ready for its ...

Nasa has started assembling the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on a launch platform ahead of its maiden flight next year. The SLS is the giant rocket that will send US astronauts back to ...

For the first lunar landing mission, called Artemis III, the SLS will launch four astronauts on ... base where astronauts can learn how to live and work on the moon, carrying out cutting-edge ...

Since the recent presidential election, there’s been a flurry of speculation about the future of NASA’s Moon to Mars plans during the second Trump administration. Will we accelerate plans to […] ...

NASA As for LC-39B, it has been outfitted for multiple vehicles, but its primary purpose will be to host the gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, a Saturn-V-sized monster that will send ...

The SLS is scheduled to launch the Europa Clipper to Jupiter in ... On the other hand, live streaming the explosion of their first Space Launch System rocket to millions of viewers all over ...

away from the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. NASA recently completed an 11-month test campaign of the crew module to ensure Orion is ready for the Artemis 2 mission, which will send a crew of ...

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This test is just one of many more that NASA will conduct over the coming months in preparation for the rocket's first launch. The SLS is designed for deeper space missions able to explore far ...

Nor is it taking into account the massive amount of damage that NASA’s SLS rocket does to the launch pad, something we saw just last month when the first Artemis mission launched. Adding all of ...