NASA has begun preparations for the production, testing and assembly of the Block 1B configuration of the Space Launch System super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle set to launch the space agency’s Artemis
MoreNASA has conducted a full-duration hot fire test of an RS-25 certification engine to demonstrate and validate its capability to power the agency’s Space Launch System rocket for future deep space missions.
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NASA has installed the frangible joint assembly onto the launch vehicle stage adapter of the Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket to be used for the Artemis III lunar mission. The frangible
MoreNASA subjected the RS-25 rocket engine to a hot fire test on Nov. 29. The test was the third in a 12-part series meant to certify new manufacturing processes used by L3Harris
MoreNASA conducted a hot fire test of an updated version of the Aerojet Rocketdyne-built RS-25 engine on Oct. 17 at the Stennis Space Center’s Fred Haise Test Stand. The event marks the
MoreNASA has completed the installation of four Aerojet Rocketdyne-manufactured RS-25 engines onto the core stage of the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis II mission. The agency said Friday it worked
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Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne engineers and technicians installed the first RS-25 engine to the Space Launch System rocket, which will be used in the Artemis II manned mission to the Moon. The
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United Launch Alliance added a two-foot auxilliary target to NASA’s Space Launch System for use in the Artemis II manned mission to the Moon. The target, which is installed in the in-space
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Jody Singer is stepping down as director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on July 29 after nearly four decades of service at the agency, NASA said Monday. Singer heads one of
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NASA software engineers have so far completed 58,000 test cases as part of formal qualification of the flight software to be used on the Artemis II Space Launch System. Formal qualification testing
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