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NASA engineers have begun to conduct a series of wind tunnel tests on scale crew and cargo models of the second-generation Space Launch System in an effort to collect data for use in the design of the upgraded rocket as well as its ground and control platforms. The upgraded SLS …

The Senate on Friday unanimously passed an amended bipartisan bill that would authorize $19.5 billion in fiscal year 2017 appropriations for NASA and require the agency to create a transition plan for the International Space Station, Space News reported Saturday. Jeff Foust writes the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2016 …

NASA has set up a test version of an interim cryogenic propulsion stage with a stand at the space agency’s Huntsville, Alabama-based Marshall Space Flight Center in preparation for the hardware’s tests. The ICPS was developed based on liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as a hardware components for the Space Launch System rocket and …

Workers at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama have completed construction of a test stand for the Space Launch System in support of preparations for the space agency’s Journey to Mars mission. Marshall engineers work to install equipment and instrumentation for the structural Test Stand 4697 and future steps will test the …

The Senate Commerce Committee has approved a bipartisan bill that would authorize $19.5 billion in fiscal year 2017 funds to help NASA sustain space investments that seek to support space exploration programs. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in a statement released Wednesday the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2016 would direct …

A bipartisan group of three Republican and three Democratic senators has introduced a bill that aims to help NASA sustain and build on space investments to support space exploration. The NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2016 allocates $19.5 billion in funds to the space agency for fiscal year 2017, according to a press release …

NASA and Boeing have begun to test a new insulation system designed to protect the Space Launch System and its cold fuels as part of the agency’s preparations for Mars exploration missions. Three types of cryogenic foam are under tests to assess how they insulate the SLS rocket’s core stage and launch vehicle stage …

NASA has tested a high-speed, high dynamic range camera that attempted to record propulsion video data during a Space Launch System full-scale booster test. The space agency said Friday the High Dynamic Range Stereo X project’s goal was to design a camera that could record and combine multiple slow motion video exposure into a high …

The Government Accountability Office has found that NASA‘s Space Launch System program still faces limited schedule and cost reserves that GAO believes could undermine the space agency’s goal of launching the heavy-lift rocket with an unmanned Orion spacecraft by November 2018. NASA has worked to address some of the program’s technical issues that were cited by GAO …

NASA has reiterated it remains on track to launch the first Space Launch System mission in fall 2018 even with the delayed delivery of the Orion spacecraft’s service module, Space News reported Tuesday. NASA officials said in a NASA Advisory Council human exploration and operations committee meeting in Cleveland the space agency …