and inadequate visibility into the Block 1B’s projected costs," the report reads. To reiterate, the SLS is a non-reusable rocket, which means that NASA will have to build entirely new rocket ...

"Ideally, NASA should be able to buy heavy lift services to send payloads to the Moon—up to about 45 metric tons to 'trans-lunar injection' which is about the same performance as the SLS Block 2 ...

NASA spent the last two weeks hoisting a 103-ton component onto a simulator and installing it to help prepare for the next ...

Besides lack of employee training, it was found that the Exploration Upper Stage was scheduled to be delivered to NASA back in early 2021. It is now projected that the development of SLS Block 1B ...

Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Ares 1 Upper Stage was part of a project that was ultimately scrapped in 2010 and succeeded by NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the first major attempt at a ...

Per a NASA inspector general investigation, Boeing’s work on the SLS Block 1B has contributed to $700 million in cost overruns on the program. NASA, though, described the rocket as “essential ...

The statement from NASA comes amid widespread speculation that SLS — which made its debut flight test in 2022 — may be on the chopping block. Those critics often argue that Elon Musk’s ...

Work continues on the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building where the Orion spacecraft has been mated to the European Service Module.

Per a NASA inspector general investigation, Boeing, the prime contractor for the SLS Block 1B configuration, has contributed to more than $700 million in added project costs. That could make it a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Click to expand... Boeing's SLS contract for the Core Stage is cost plus. Boeing's Starliner contract is fixed price. NASA is eating the overrun on that SLS contract. Boeing is eating the overrun ...