NASA's plagued Space Launch System rocket, which is being developed to deliver the first astronauts to the Moon, is on thin ...

The PQM is a “battleship” version of the European Service Module (ESM) propulsion ... launches on SLS, the launcher’s Solid Rocket Boosters and Core Stage insert both Orion and a fully ...

There’s little debate that the most exciting move in a rocket’s ... Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS), a propulsion module that’s being used on the early SLS flights to provide ...

Although this week’s spectacular NASA night launch was all about the debut liftoff of the Space Launch System (SLS ... performed by an all-new spacecraft called Orion. There are currently ...

On Monday, NASA had planned to attempt the first test flight of the Space Launch System (SLS), a powerful megarocket that will launch the Orion spacecraft. This is the Artemis I mission, and if ...

The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion capsule—already on the launch ... with 8.8 million pounds (3.9 million kg) of thrust. Artemis I is the first of three missions on the schedule ...

What do two dinosaur tails, four beehives, six segments of roller coaster track and 88 faucets have to do with a rocket designed to fly astronauts to the moon? They are all among the repurposed ...

Reaction Dynamics is developing the Aurora rocket, which uses hybrid-propulsion technology and ... cargo and robots directly to the moon—no SLS, Orion, Gateway, Block 1B or ML-2 required ...

When built, SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever created by the space agency. But costs are spiraling out of control. NASA aims for its Orion spacecraft and its associated booster ...

We’ve had reason to doubt the September 2025 launch date for this mission, the first crewed flight into deep space in more than five decades, for awhile now.