The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, specifically devised to advance the Artemis Moon exploration program, has been described from the start as the world's most powerful rocket. It already proved its ...

The mobile launcher, originally built for the Constellation program, undergoing upgrades for the first SLS launch. NASA is considering whether to modify it again for later SLS missions or build a new ...

With a series of successful test firings completed by Orbital ATK, engineers are gaining confidence in how their five segment boosters will perform in their role in helping the Space Launch System ...

NASA managers have ruled out putting a crew on board an Orion capsule atop the agency's huge Space Launch System rocket for the gargantuan booster's maiden flight in 2019, citing technical risks and ...

The NASA Office of Inspector General faults Boeing for poor quality control building the Space Launch System. A new and improved version of SLS is years late and billions of dollars over budget. This ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary "Artemis: America's New Moonshot" in the video player above. Five decades after the final flight of NASA's legendary Saturn 5 moon rocket, the U.S. space agency is ...

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NASA will provide an update for the schedule of Exploration Mission 1, the first launch of the Space Launch System, in October. Credit: NASA CINCINNATI — With two more launches of the Block 1 version ...

NASA’s Space Launch System that set the record for most powerful rocket to ever blast into orbit last November on the Artemis I mission left its mobile launcher in need of some repair before it can be ...

Many people were very mean to NASA's SLS super-heavy booster when it saw back-to-back-to-back consecutive launch scrubs caused by everything from faulty engine temperature sensors to leaky hydrogen ...

Space Launch System (SLS) managers are now planning for the utilization of two Mobile Launchers (MLs), allowing for additional use of the rocket on both crewed and cargo-only missions. The first major ...