Welcome to Edition 8.32 of the Rocket Report! The big news this week is NASA’s shake-up of the Artemis program. On paper, at least, the changes appear to be quite sensible. Canceling the big, new upper stage for the Space Launch System rocket and replacing it with a commercial upper stage,

NASA said it plans to roll the Artemis II SLS rocket and Orion capsule back out to the launchpad next week, aiming for a launch in early April.

NASA has wasted no time in selecting the vehicle that will replace the upper stage on its new plans for a standardized Space Launch System rocket.

Office of the Inspector General predicts future NASA astronauts will “likely encounter a life-threatening emergency in space.”

SpaceX's 'jellyfish' launch, NASA's Artemis II repairs and Blue Origin's next New Glenn flight highlight 321 Launch, FLORIDA TODAY's space newsletter.

From Artemis IV onward, the new upper stage will be used instead of the existing interim cryogenic propulsion stage.

The cold weather didn’t delay SpaceX’s plans to launch another Starlink mission Tuesday, but did delay NASA’s plans to roll back the Artemis II rocket from the launch pad.

NASA made major changes to its Artemis lunar architecture, adding a test flight of lunar landers in Earth orbit while canceling planned upgrades to the SLS.

NASA's Artemis II rocket encountered a new helium flow issue and will rollback to the VAB. Here's what we know.

SLS (Space Launch System) uses a 50 year old rocket engine design that now costs $145 million each (not including labor and testing) which is over 300 times more expensive than the more powerful SpaceX Raptor 3 engine. It is a flying museum piece that is ...

NASA has made a pivotal decision to upgrade its Artemis program by selecting a new upper stage for its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. In a move that is sure to impact the future of human space exploration,