NASA rebaselined the SLS vehicle for Artemis 2; the first crewed Orion mission is back on the SLS Block 1 configuration. Switching back to Block 1 over a year ago meant that NASA would now need ...

It would still fall short of the mighty Saturn V’s 155 tons to LEO, but the proposed “Block 2 ... Mission 1”, the SLS is only responsible for getting the Orion, its Service Module ...

NASA is looking at deferring some programmatic certification activities until after the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) flight in addition to its other initiatives to shorten the schedule to the ...

The test won’t include the SLS rocket, but the Orion will be fixed to a booster that will send it up to 31,000 feet so that engineers can ensure the abort system functions as intended under load.