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).

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 ...

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 ...

ULA's Vulcan rocket has been certified by the US Space Force for national security missions after completing a rigorous certification process. The certification process included two successful ...

MELBOURNE, Fla., March 26, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has debuted an advanced large solid rocket motor to power the company’s air-launched, Medium Range Ballistic ...

Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA's second Space Launch System rocket into position between the vehicle's two solid-fueled boosters.

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 ...

The slow race of getting NASA's Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year's Artemis II moon mission jumped a big hurdle over the weekend. The 212-foot-tall core stage was placed ...

Finally, ground crews lowered the rocket between the Space Launch System’s twin solid rocket boosters already stacked on a mobile launch platform inside High Bay 3, where NASA assembled Space ...