The 156-foot-long five-segment solid rocket motor produced upwards of 4 million pounds of thrust during the test.

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...

Musk has been critical of the SLS rocket, calling it fully expendable. He argued that each launch costs around $1 billion, ...

Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket looks from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) elevator. Credit: Space.com | Footage courtesy: NASA | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: Cafe Bossa by River ...

Anyone who watched the initial launch scrubs for Artemis I's SLS rocket knows just how big of a pain the procedures around storage and pumping cryo-fuels can be.

Boeing is preparing to lay off roughly 200 employees working on the Space Launch System rocket as it braces for the possibility that its contracts with NASA may not be renewed after they end in March.

Aerospace giant Boeing has announced that around 400 workers involved in NASA’s Artemis Moon rocket project may face layoffs by April 2025. The company cited revisions to the Artemis program and cost ...

(CNN) — On the heels of the revelation that Boeing is planning to lay off as many as 400 workers from its Space Launch System program, NASA has called the SLS megarocket “essential” to its ...

NASA responded to news that Boeing aims to lay off up to 400 workers from its Space Launch System program. The SLS rocket plays a key role in the Artemis moon program, the agency said.

Critics have called the Space Launch System outdated and wasteful for years, but now, with President Trump retaking the White House, Boeing is warning its employees who work on the SLS that they ...