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 ...

A similar, though more obvious easter egg was included with Lego's prior model of the SLS; designed for a younger builders, ...

NASA’s $24 billion SLS program is developing a super-heavy lift rocket being used in its Artemis program to send astronauts back to the moon. The SLS program is receiving heightened scrutiny under the ...

Scaling back the SLS, which is being developed by Boeing and Northrop Grumman, could offer a boost to Musk's SpaceX, which is developing its own cheaper, albeit less powerful rocket called Falcon ...

The primary contractor for the Space Launch System rocket, Boeing, is preparing for the possibility that NASA cancels the long-running program. On Friday, with less than an hour's notice, David ...

Boeing notified employees it is planning to issue layoff notices "to align with revisions to the Artemis program and cost expectations." Boeing is preparing to issue layoff notices to roughly 200 ...

On Friday, however, Boeing — the primary NASA contractor for the SLS rocket — signaled that changes are afoot. The company issued a warning about “the potential for approximately 400 fewer ...

Musk noted, for example, in a January 2020 post on his social media platform X: "Fundamental issue with SLS is that it's not reusable, which means that a billion dollar rocket is blown up every ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon Boeing is preparing to issue layoff notices to roughly 200 ...