March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
..., and the effect of this on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). Former President George W Bush introduced a plan to create a ... Mars, has had its effect on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). About the authors Lauren Napier has a BS in Communications and ...
July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
... for EM1, NASA’s inaugural flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) in 2019 or 2020. These missions will be led by the... Several science-led lunar-focused CubeSats missions aboard NASA SLS EM1 hinge on successful use of unconventional and experimental ...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... imagery. NASA’s new Moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), was rolled out in March to Pad 39B at Kennedy Space... including NASA’s new Moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), and SpaceX’s monster rocket Starship. If successful, Starship will...
02 December 2014
Orion service module contract for Airbus
... km beyond low-Earth orbit. An Orion launch on the heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will occur in 2017. The SLS has Boeing as its main contractor, with a Launch Abort System provided by Orbital Sciences in the...
11 February 2016
$19 Billion NASA Budget Proposed by White House
...from the final omnibus bill. The proposal offers $1.31 billion for SLS, a cut of nearly $700 million from what it received... said that the budget supports a 2018 launch of the first SLS/Orion mission, Exploration Mission (EM) 1, and a 2023 launch of...
05 February 2018
Launch fever grips Florida as SpaceX prepares for game-changer mission
... rocket currently on the market and almost as much as NASA’s new SLS rocket at a fraction of the price. NASA’s giant rocket certainly has... carry a crew until at least 2022 whilst estimates show that SLS may cost more than 10 times as much to fly as ...
