The certification process, which began in 2016, was no easy feat. Vulcan had to clear 52 criteria, 18 critical subsystem ...

The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...

"Technicians joined the core stage March 23 with the stacked solid rocket boosters for the mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC)," NASA officials wrote in a statement Monday (March 24).

What caused the Challenger disaster?The Challenger disaster was caused by the failure of an O-ring in one of the solid rocket boosters, leading to an explosion just 73 seconds after launch.

Marshall Space Flight Center also came to control three of the primary elements of the space shuttle: the main engines on the ...

NASA’s much-anticipated Artemis II mission has experienced multiple delays in recent years, with the agency currently targeting no earlier than February 2026 for a flight that will send four ...

The 212-foot-tall core stage was placed Sunday alongside two solid rocket boosters at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building — meaning the rocket that provides the oomph for what ...

Lucas was director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville when the Challenger exploded ... pointed to the shuttle’s solid-fuel booster rockets as the likely culprit and criticized ...

Standing on either side of the core stage are twin five-segment solid rocket boosters, which were earlier stacked on the same mobile launch platform. Standing 177 feet tall (54 meters), the two ...