The 212-foot-tall core stage was placed Sunday alongside two solid rocket boosters at ... converted from the Space Shuttle Program, and the two boosters provide 8.8 million pounds of thrust ...

The slow race of getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year’s Artemis II moon mission jumped a ...

The countdown is well underway to launch NASA’s moon-bound Artemis I mission. NASA is preparing to launch SLS to orbit as soon as Monday, August 29. Once there, the Orion spacecraft hitching a ...

As SpaceX successfully demonstrated in 2017, it is possible to reuse one of their rockets — NASA had also previously reused space shuttles and solid rocket boosters (which landed in the sea ...

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

On March 23, 2025, technicians working at NASA's Kennedy Space Center mated together ... side of the core stage are twin five-segment solid rocket boosters, which were earlier stacked on the ...

The Space Launch System (SLS ... 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.

Vulcan’s certification means SpaceX should have at least one competitor for future launches — though several other firms are ...

ULA's Vulcan rocket has been certified by the US Space Force for national security ... there was an issue inside the nozzle on the solid rocket booster. Unlike SpaceX Falcon 9 — which is fully ...

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 ...