The first major cargo-only flight is being focused ... the early missions of the Space Launch System (SLS) called for the Block 1 version of the rocket to be focused on test flight use only.
SLS will debut with an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on EM-1 in its Block 1 configuration, which has an ICPS upper stage stacked on top of its foundational elements of two five-segment Solid Rocket ...
On Wednesday, one of the Republican space policy leaders most consistently opposed to commercial heavy lift rockets over the last decade—as an alternative to NASA's large SLS rocket—has changed his ...
Block 1B is designed to increase the amount of cargo SLS can carry to ... the prime contractor for the SLS core and upper stages, as well as the rocket's flight avionics suite — at NASA's ...
NASA has revealed that another component of the Space Launch System rocket is ready for the upcoming agency’s crewed test flight around the Moon.
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The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission. On March 23, 2025, technicians working at NASA's ...
NASA's next moon rocket is coming together, piece by piece. The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS ... human presence on the moon. Artemis 1 launched an uncrewed Orion into ...