January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
...the opportunity to launch large-aperture telescopes that will provide an unprecedented look at our universe. NASA is developing SLS in parallel with two other exploration systems development efforts - the Orion crew vehicle programme, managed at NASA...
January 2018
Shielding the human genome
...science, astronauts sitting atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) might ask themselves if the greatest risk to ... one of the biggest issues affecting astronauts launching on NASA’s SLS on future voyages to the Moon and Mars. www.libertybiosecurity....
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
... the development and flight of the Space Launch Systems (SLS), Orion, and the agency’s plans to build a Lunar...and accommodate docking of future elements, will be delivered via the SLS. “The Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway will give us a strategic...
30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
..., and build up tooling," he added. NASA is currently on track to launch an uncrewed Exploration Mission (EM) in 2018, however the detailed SLS assessment is a big step forward in being ready for more capable human and robotic missions to deep space...
28 October 2015
NASA’s SLS rocket: CDR completed, but budget questions remain
... to as CDR). The Space Launch System (otherwise known as SLS) is the first vehicle that was designed with the journey to...and passed its own CDR back in August). The first crewed flight of SLS and Orion is likely to happen in 2023 – which is a bit...
30 June 2016
Orbital ATK and NASA Successfully Complete Second Qualification Test
...boosters' combined output of 32,000 kN will provide over 75% of SLS' total thrust at liftoff and burn approximately six tons of propellant per...will next be used on the maiden flight of the SLS on Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1), scheduled for the second ...
