28 October 2015
NASA’s SLS rocket: CDR completed, but budget questions remain
... rocket has completed all of the steps needed to pass a critical design review (commonly referred to as CDR). The Space Launch System (otherwise known as SLS) is the first vehicle that was designed with the journey to Mars in mind. The...
02 August 2017
First iodine fuelled thrusters pass critical design tests
...for use on two deep-space CubeSat missions that will hitch a ride on NASA’s Space Launch System; Morehead State University’s ...quality scientific results on interplanetary missions throughout the solar system. It truly enables the science of the LunaH...
17 February 2021
NASA forecasts cost of Artemis programme at $86 billion
...on elements such as Orion, the Space Launch System (SLS) and Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), but that around $50.5 ... put together a big budget necessary to achieve that Human Landing System. We asked for $3.3 billion, and Congress funded it to ...
11 November 2020
Senate deals major blow to Bridenstine’s Moon ambitions
... Joe Biden. Four astronauts are headed up to the International Space Station (ISS) this weekend in the first newly certified crew... President Mike Pence. Their plan would have launched the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket this year, sending an ...
01 September 2021
Long awaited SLS launch looks likely to slip to mid-2022
...testing of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket seem to further erode the likelihood of the agency’s launching its Artemis 1 mission...same time the agency has paused work on the Human Landing System for Artemis 3 to address a lawsuit by Blue Origin....
02 June 2021
Nelson announces NASA’s return to Venus
... this year. “We’re assembling the rocket at this very minute down at the Kennedy Space Center,” Nelson said. “That rocket is the Space Launch System (SLS). It will launch our Orion spacecraft and cargo missions to lunar orbit and beyond.” “Beyond...
