01 May 2020
Blue Origin tops NASA funding awards for human lunar lander
... surface after rendezvousing with Orion. None are required to use SLS as the launch vehicle. SpaceX has revealed it will provide ... The DHLS can be fully integrated and launched on NASA’s SLS Block 1B vehicle or for commercial launches, it too can ...
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...
06 November 2019
Boeing's ‘fewest steps to the Moon’ proposal for NASA’s Human Lander
... Boeing. “Using the lift capability of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1B, we have developed a ‘Fewest Steps to the Moon...as timing goes is that Boeing’s design relies on NASA’s SLS rocket. Once complete, the agency’s behemoth super heavy-lift ...
02 September 2021
Long awaited SLS launch looks likely to slip to mid-2022
... of recent delays in testing of NASA’s first heavy-lift SLS rocket, NASA officials have described a scenario whereby the rocket ... oxygen and the hurricane season in Florida, where the first SLS is being tested - along with “first time operations”. The...
29 August 2022
Engine problem leads to scrub of SLS Artemis 1 mission
... up to operating temperature) pre-launch is different for SLS compared to the Shuttle. The RS-25 powered the Space Shuttle...issue with a crack found in the inter-tank section of the SLS core stage, was resolved earlier in the countdown. The crack,...
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...
