NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight in its lunar return program, set to launch in April 2026, has reached ...

Utah has a significant role, being the "factory" for the propulsion systems used by the SLS rocket. The new booster rocket for Artemis III, capable of exerting 4 million pounds of thrust, will undergo ...

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

Artemis II will be the first mission with crew aboard the Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket and Orion spacecraft. The Artemis missions are under NASA's ambitious long-term exploration plan ...

In passing the Trump administration’s flagship domestic policy and spending bill, Congress bought NASA’s Artemis program some time. But with little chance of a new budget in place before the fiscal ...

This particular RS-25 engine is assigned to power the fifth flight of the SLS rocket, a mission known as Artemis V. Then, on Thursday of this week, NASA and Northrop Grumman test-fired a new solid ...

“From fiscal years 2012 through 2025, NASA’s overall Artemis investment is projected to reach $93 billion, of which the SLS Program costs represent $23.8 billion spent through 2022,” the 56 ...

If everything goes as planned, the Artemis III mission will see the SLS rocket launch the crewed Orion capsule to the moon. As Orion orbits the moon, it will dock with SpaceX’s Starship.

NASA’s latest hot-fire of RS-25 engine No. 20001 roared for the full 500-second launch profile, proving it can blast the ...