The real SLS first launched in November 2022 on NASA's uncrewed Artemis I mission around the moon. The flight marked the inaugural use of the first new mobile launcher built since the Apollo program.

An overall status review is currently planned for mid-September of this year to see if stacking of the SLS for Artemis II can begin. Core Stage-2 leaves Michoud The stage was rolled out of the ...

The ICPS is the in-space upper stage of the SLS stack. On Artemis I, it was responsible for raising the initial orbital perigee and then performing the all-important translunar injection (TLI ...

That doesn’t mean there won’t be changes. Already there have been signs the SLS rocket, could be cut out of the Artemis program. Boeing signaled earlier this year it was prepared to lay off as ...