PROMONTORY, Utah — NASA will conduct the first full-scale test of its most powerful solid rocket booster motor Thursday, ...

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As the August launch date for NASA's first Artemis lunar mission approaches, Northrop Grumman has released a dramatic video of a full-scale static fire test of the giant solid-fueled Flight ...

Back in August of last year, we tried to give you a glimpse of the numbers behind the insanely powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that is the backbone of the Artemis lunar exploration program.

NASA just awarded a contract worth $3.19 billion to build rocket boosters for future moon missions, meant for Artemis moon missions through 2031. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

The boosters were based on the design of the space shuttle solid rocket boosters but include a fifth segment to produce the extra power needed to send the larger SLS rocket to space.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential 10-year, $3.19 billion contract from NASA to produce and operate solid rocket boosters for the Space Launch System in support of the Artemis ...

Ten motor segments that make up twin solid rocket boosters of NASA's Space Launch System rocket are now at Kennedy Space Center, the first sign that stacking the 320-foot moon rocket is on track ...

The solid boosters, of which there will be two in the final system, are what will provide most of the thrust to launch the SLS rocket when it is completed. They are joined by four RS-25 engines.

For Artemis 1, the Solid Rocket Boosters will be the first element of the stack to take shape on the Mobile Launcher — with all 10 propellant segments being stacked before the nose cones, which ...