The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side ...

SLS will launch NASA's Artemis 2 mission to fly four astronauts aboard an Orion spacecraft around the moon and back sometime next year. "Technicians joined the core stage March 23 with the stacked ...

The core stage for Artemis II arrived from its factory in Louisiana last year, and NASA started stacking the SLS solid rocket boosters in November. Other recent accomplishments on the path toward ...

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.

NASA successfully completed a major milestone for the Artemis II mission with the integration of the core stage of the Space ...

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 ...

On March 23, 2025, technicians working at NASA's Kennedy Space ... the Orion topped SLS will be rolled out to Launch Complex 39B for testing. The Artemis 2 mission is targeted for launch no ...

Recent testimony during congressional hearings suggested NASA could opt to drop SLS after Artemis III in favor of commercial heavy-lift rockets such as Blue Origin’s New Glenn or SpaceX’s ...

The Artemis II astronauts, as well as folks following the mission preparations, will be pleased to learn that NASA recently lifted the SLS rocket’s core stage into position, joining it to the ...

AND JUST HOURS LATER, NASA ... THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM. WE WENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING TO SEE THE CRUCIAL COMPONENTS. A PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARTEMIS TWO SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM.

For example, for the Artemis IV mission, NASA plans to use the SLS Block 1B configuration, which is 366 feet tall compared to the 322-foot Block 1 configuration being used for the Artemis II mission.