NASA's long-awaited Space Launch System (SLS) was tested in Mississippi this past weekend. The core stage of the rocket, which is the part that will provide the oomph to send missions into space, was ...
A critical test firing Saturday of the four main engines powering the first stage of NASA's gargantuan Space Launch System moon rocket is the final major hurdle before the fully assembled booster's ...
Before the first major Artemis mission takes off, NASA needs to prove its huge rocket system is up to the task with a spectacular "Green Run" hot fire test. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA and Boeing engineers are evaluating how to move forward with the final test of the Space ...
NASA and Boeing test fired a gargantuan Space Launch System rocket for the second time Thursday, a full-duration eight-minute "hot fire" needed to clear the way for a long-delayed maiden flight late ...
Engineers are getting ready to put the pressure on hardware for the world’s most powerful rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System, as part of a rigorous test series to ensure each structure can withstand ...
The Flight Support Booster 1 performs a static-fire test at a Northrop Grumman test site in Utah Sept. 2 to test new technologies and procedures intended for later SLS launches. Credit: NASA ...
Crawler Transporter -2 (CT-2) is tracking an August road trip down the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Crawlerway carrying the modified Mobile Launcher (ML) to Pad 39B. Testing towards this milestone has ...
As the August launch date for NASA's first Artemis lunar mission approaches, Northrop Grumman has released dramatic video footage of a full-scale static fire test of the giant solid-fueled Flight ...
The RS-25 team has conducted the latest hot-fire test of development engine 0528 at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Wednesday. While the team continues to wait for delivery of flight ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's new moon rocket finished a full-scale flight support booster (FSB) test Wednesday (Sept. 2 ...
For much of March and April, in response to a desire from the Trump administration to accelerate development of the Space Launch System rocket, NASA has been looking at ways to launch the large ...