The SLS rocket and Orion have undergone critical tests to ensure they're ready for flight. The mission, Artemis 1 , is an uncrewed flight test before flying astronauts in future missions.

NASA’s SLS rocket and Orion programs received significant funding after previously being on the chopping block for NASA budget cuts.

The SLS rocket is key to the Artemis program that aims to return humans to the moon by 2025. In this combination image, NASA's SLS rocket seen at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on ...

The first three Artemis missions will use this Block 1 configuration, but this won't be the limit of the rocket, however. The SLS is designed so it can evolve into increasingly more powerful ...

NASA's SLS rocket spent over a decade in development, and each of its launches of the Orion crew capsule is expected to cost about $4.1 billion.

NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is officially underway, with SLS lifting off from Kennedy Space Center early Wednesday morning and sending the Orion spacecraft on a 25-day journey to the Moon and back.

The early morning launch kicked off the Artemis Moon program, delivering the Orion capsule on a 25.5 day journey to the Moon and back.Shortly after launch, Orion phoned home and was even able to ...

The Space Launch System rocket that will launch NASA’s Artemis astronauts into space on their way to the moon went through a final and successful hot-fire test of the core stage on Thursday.

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 2 (UPI) --NASA announced Wednesday that its plan to launch the Artemis I SLS rocket on an uncrewed journey around the moon in March has slipped to April or May. The space ...

NASA has spent $11.8 billion since it began developing SLS in 2011. After many delays, the huge rocket debuted on Nov. 16, 2022, when it launched NASA's successful uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to ...