21 June 2019
Artemis-1 flight faces delays suggests new report
... as blame for the delays. Now another damning report has suggesting its Artemis-1 programme in which the Space Launch System (SLS) is due to fly an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon is also highly unlikely to achieve its...
11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
... (OIG) outlined these issues and many others in an audit report (issued 10 March) titled “NASA’s Management of Space Launch System Program Costs and Contracts.” Doug Loverro, associate administrator of NASA’s human exploration and operations mission...
19 April 2019
Mission to Mars by 2033 not viable says independent report
... up the Gateway have to be delivered somehow and NASA's delayed development of its new heavy-lift rocket the Space Launch System (SLS) could have an impact on realising these goals on time. Even if commercial companies were contracted to pick up the...
06 November 2019
Boeing's ‘fewest steps to the Moon’ proposal for NASA’s Human Lander
... events from 11 down to five to help maximise crew safety say Boeing. “Using the lift capability of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1B, we have developed a ‘Fewest Steps to the Moon’ approach that minimizes mission complexity, while offering...
04 May 2020
NASA commits to future Artemis missions with more SLS rocket engines
NASA has awarded a contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne of Sacramento, California, to manufacture 18 additional Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket engines to support Artemis missions to the Moon. The follow-on contract to produce 18 engines is valued ...
20 September 2019
Russia and China to cooperate on future Moon missions
...finished assembling the main structural components for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage - the largest... the final join of the core stage structure for NASA’s Space Launch System, the world’s most powerful rocket,” said Julie Bassler, the...
