11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
...have judged to be a violation. Officials have disregarded NASA’s usual way of calculating schedule margins, making the predicted launch dates for SLS unreliable. Meanwhile, refurbishing engines from the Space Shuttle programme turned out to be harder...
18 January 2021
NASA's SLS engine test ends early
...it will take to send the rocket to space following launch. The team successfully completed the countdown and ignited the...pounds of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen – mirroring the launch countdown procedure – and igniting the engines. "Saturday’s ...
30 June 2016
Orbital ATK and NASA Successfully Complete Second Qualification Test
The QM-2 test was conducted in order to test the performance at the lower operational temperature limit (40 °F / 4.44 °C). The booster was kept in a cold environment for over a month in an attempt to uniformly cool the casing and propellant. All ...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... as the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), a program to send astronauts to visit an asteroid by the 2020s and the Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket Congress instructed NASA to build in 2011 will be first in line to see the Exit...
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
... will run alongside the development and flight of the Space Launch Systems (SLS), Orion, and the agency’s plans to build... Orbital ATK of Dulles and a final version is targeted for launch in 2022. Further additions to the outpost such as habitation, ...
10 June 2020
New map boosts chances of finding water on the Moon
... low Earth orbit; benefits that will also aid humanity’s quest in setting up colonies on other planets. United Launch Alliance, who has already offered to buy liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen propellant in cislunar space has said...
