A team at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International Space Station and back for the first time using optical (laser) communications.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s long-awaited Space Launch System (SLS) was tested in Mississippi this past ...

NASA will need another set of Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle hardware for its Artemis Program goal of returning Americans to the surface of the Moon by the end of 2024, but the ...

The engine section of the second NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage will look a lot like the first one, but prime contractor Boeing redesigned the way they are putting it together.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has been leaning heavily on SpaceX in recent years, but when it comes to the ...

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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 ...

Boeing notified employees it is planning to issue layoff notices "to align with revisions to the Artemis program and cost expectations." Boeing is preparing to issue layoff notices to roughly 200 ...

Now NASA is pushing to accelerate the timeline. There are still a lot of parts in play. On Friday morning the core stage of the SLS rocket sat in one corner of the assembly building, but it is ...

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(CNN) — On the heels of the revelation that Boeing is planning to lay off as many as 400 workers from its Space Launch System program, NASA has called the SLS megarocket “essential” to its ...