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The Next President Should End the ‘Senate’ Launch System Rocket
Rather than building an obsolescent, obscenely-over-budget jumbo rocket, NASA should turn to building truly innovative space ...
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NASA completes umbilical test for SLS Artemis 1...NASA completes umbilical test for SLS Artemis 1 mission
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket completed another milestone on its way to launch with the Umbilical Release and Retract Test (URRT). The URRT was performed on the rocket on September 19 ...
NASA's Artemis 2 Moon Rocket's Core Stage Exits Assembly Facility
The core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which is slated to launch astronauts around the moon since the ...
BGR25d
The SLS rocket just got more expensive
The tentative first launch date for the SLS is November 2021. So, NASA just announced that it’s going to broadcast the static fire test of its new SLS rocket to the public. That was good news ...
Hackaday3y
Failed Test Could Further Delay NASA’s Troubled SLS Rocket
On the other hand, live streaming the explosion of their first Space Launch System rocket to millions of viewers all over the world is hardly going to improve matters. A catastrophic failure ...
Forbes1y
Revealed: NASA’s New Launch Date For Its Artemis-1 Moon Mission Is Next Week
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 06: NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft ... [+] aboard is illuminated by spotlights after sunset atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad ...
Ars Technica25d
NASA has to be trolling with the latest cost estimate of its SLS launch tower
NASA's problems with the mobile launch tower that will support a larger version of its Space Launch System rocket are getting worse rather than better. According to a new report from NASA's ...
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NASA confirms SLS Mobile Launcher is leaning, does...
The SLS rocket would require a completely new launch mount to cater for four RS-25 engines and two Solid Rocket Boosters. It would also require numerous changes and additions to the array of ...
BGR4y
NASA just fired up its SLS booster for the first time and, well, wow
NASA successfully fired its solid rocket booster that will be part of the Space Launch System rocket. The test was conducted in Utah at the facilities of manufacturer Northrop Grumman. The program ...
Hackaday2y
NASA’s Giant SLS Rocket Rolled Back For Repairs
The rocket was brought out to the pad for the ... Now in development for over a decade, the Space Launch System has been plagued with technical issues and delays. At the same time, commercial ...
NASA's RS-25 Artemis Rocket Engines Closer To Certification After Penultimate Test
NASA has been conducting a series of hot fire tests to certify RS-25 engines for use on the Space Launch System rockets that ...
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Space Launch System
NASA succeeded spectacularly in the third attempt to launch its Space Launch System rocket on an uncrewed round-the-moon mission that’s meant to blaze a trail for future Artemis lunar landings.… ...