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...
21 June 2019
Artemis-1 flight faces delays suggests new report
... costs, including a $1 billion deficit needed in order to get SLS off the ground, means that the earliest Artemis-1 will be ready... delay for the three programs—the Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle, the Orion spacecraft, and supporting ground systems...
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...
