11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
... track only some of the costs of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. They later masked the troubled programme’s ...(issued 10 March) titled “NASA’s Management of Space Launch System Program Costs and Contracts.” Doug Loverro, associate administrator ...
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 ...
27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
... NASA leadership. Key to providing the heavy-lift capability to carry out the Moon to Mars Program is the Space Launch System (SLS), and the Exploration Upper Stage, or EUS. While other aspects of the Artemis mission might be facing cut...
01 May 2020
Blue Origin tops NASA funding awards for human lunar lander
.... NASA will rely on its own Orion crew capsule and heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket – that currently is still under development – to loft astronauts into space. The landing vehicle, which all vary widely in design, then carry...
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
... goal of returning to the Moon. This new initiative will run alongside the development and flight of the Space Launch Systems (SLS), Orion, and the agency’s plans to build a Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway in the 2020s. “The Moon will...
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...
