Rather than building an obsolescent, obscenely-over-budget jumbo rocket, NASA should turn to building truly innovative space ...

Nasa has started assembling the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on a launch platform ahead of its maiden flight next year. The SLS is the giant rocket that will send US astronauts back to ...

Standing at 322 feet tall when fully stacked, the SLS is NASA’s most powerful rocket to date and has already been on a test flight around the moon as part of the Artemis I mission in 2022.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has announced changes to its “baseline cost” for the SLS rocket, stating that ...

In 2019, NASA awarded a $383 million contract to Bechtel to design and build a second mobile launcher that will be used to transport the SLS rocket to its launchpad for the upcoming Artemis 4 ...

OIG's report focuses on SLS Block 1B, an upgraded version of the original SLS rocket that flew to the moon and back (sans astronauts) in 2022. Upgraded for 40% better payload capacity, Block 1B is ...

The space agency expects to use this larger version of the SLS rocket beginning with the Artemis IV mission, which is intended to deliver both a crewed Orion spacecraft as well as an element of ...

The core stage of NASA's SLS rocket includes four Space Shuttle-era RS-25 engines. Before launch, it will be joined with two solid rocket boosters, producing a combined 8.8 million pounds of thrust.