19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
... element NASA has ever built, the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, fired its four RS-25 engines for 8 minutes and 19 seconds Thursday at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The successful test...
18 January 2021
NASA's SLS engine test ends early
NASA conducted a hot fire Saturday of the core stage for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon. The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run series. ...
30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
... suits that are being developed for astronauts in Orion. Once completed, Orion will launch on NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). Although rumours suggest that the SLS could be scrapped in the wake of the...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... latest venture in human exploration: development of the Space Launch System super heavy-lift rocket after an independent commission had... time, and still not fully defined, the Space Launch System was projected to cost $9.7 billion through its first...
30 June 2016
Orbital ATK and NASA Successfully Complete Second Qualification Test
.... The affected part had to be replaced prior to testing. Orbital ATK's vice president and general manager of propulsion systems Charlie Precourt said that the sequencer, ”responsible for the starting up and the right timing of the...
18 September 2019
Researchers calculate feasibility of sending a probe to C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)
...) via a close encounter with Jupiter. For this method to work, and to reach C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) by 2045, the Space Launch System (SLS), up-scaled Parker probe heatshield technology, and solid propulsion engines, can be used to send a CubeSat-class...
