Launch licenses the FAA just issued to Blue Origin and SpaceX are setting the stage for space billionaires Jeff Bezos and ...
NASA is inviting you to sit by a homey, rocket-powered hearth this holiday season. The space agency created a virtual fireplace lit by the engines of its huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket ...
NASA has been conducting a series of hot fire tests to certify RS-25 engines for use on the Space Launch System rockets that will launch Artemis missions to the moon. The penultimate test in the ...
As a new administration looms, NASA's Artemis II SLS moon rocket is ready for stacking inside the VAB. The goal is a 2026 ...
Although it won’t be blasting off until mid-2026 at the earliest, preparations are already well underway for the launch of NASA’s highly anticipated Artemis II mission. The endeavor will ...
Artemis missions use the SLS as a launch rocket for the Orion spacecraft, which carries astronauts. Introduced in 2011, the SLS, larger and more powerful than the Saturn V rockets that took Apollo ...
Those engines have been tested, fitted, and are ready to power the SLS rocket during its Artemis II mission. SLS is a big rocket. The first stage measures 26 feet wide in diameter by 212 feet long.