The core stage's 8.4-meter diameter was identical ... Alas, construction wasn't that easy. NASA's SLS rocket program has been a hot mess almost from the beginning. It has been efficient at ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The core stage of NASA’s largest-ever rocket is on the water, headed from a New Orleans facility to Kennedy Space Center. The stage is the backbone of the Space ...

Skip9 As with all NASA rockets before it, the SLS rocket stages are expended and then splashed into the ocean, never to be recovered. The approach was dictated by Congress: NASA already had the eq ...

NASA’s first big test of the core stage of its Space Launch System rocket had to be cut dramatically short due to what was initially described as a “Major Component Failure.” Now ...

NASA's ambitious 21st century lunar campaign requires powerful and advanced space hardware in the SLS mega-rocket, including its boosters and core stage, and the high-tech crew vehicle called Orion.

Whereas most of the mission will be performed by the spacecraft known as Orion, the departure from Earth would not be possible without the SLS rocket. Comprising a core stage fitted with four ...

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget looks to end the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and Gateway space station that are central to NASA’s existing Artemis program — ...

The four Artemis II astronauts will participate in countdown demonstration tests. They will practice suiting up, entering the ...

NASA's next moon rocket is coming together, piece by piece. The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side boosters inside ...

America's space dominance has been built largely in Louisiana and Mississippi. But the current budget could mean cuts for the ...