Newsweek

What to Know About NASA’s Huge Rocket Headed for the Moon Ahead of Roll-out

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), the world's most powerful rocket, is due to be rolled out onto a launch pad in Florida on Thursday ahead of the first moon mission in decades. The rocket and the Orion spacecraft that is attached to it will play a vital ...
Chicago Tribune

Pictures: NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion capsule for Artemis moon missions

The Artemis I rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B ahead of sunrise on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 ahead awaiting its first launch attempt on Aug. 29. The Artemis I rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B ahead of sunrise on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 ahead awaiting its first ...
Engadget

The Morning After: NASA's SLS rocket is already $6 billion over budget

According to the latest audit from NASA's inspector general, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket designed to take astronauts to the Moon is substantially over budget and far behind schedule. NASA's spending on the Artemis Moon Program is expected to reach ...
Space.com

NASA fires up its 1st SLS megarocket for moon flights in a critical engine test

The Artemis 1 core booster could launch to the moon this year. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. — The second time was a charm for NASA's massive new moon ...
New Atlas

NASA's SLS rocket engine completes successful hot-fire test

NASA finally got the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket up and running for the first time today, completing an eight-minute hot-fire test of its four RS025 engines at the space agency's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Forbes

In Photos: Our First Look At NASA’s Jaw-Dropping New ‘Mega Moon Rocket’ Now On The Launch Pad For The First Time

It’s real. After 12 years in development, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard yesterday made its first public appearance at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In front of invited guests and NASA employees the ...
The Verge

Watch NASA’s massive new rocket crawl toward its first launch

NASA’s giant Space Launch System will start its first journey into space with a slow crawl along the ground. The first window for the rocket’s highly anticipated launch will open on August 29th, and for once in its extremely long development history ...
Inverse

Why the $4.1 billion launch cost of NASA’s Moon rocket could destroy it

This will likely come as a surprise to no one who has closely watched the development of NASA’s next giant rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), but it’s going to be expensive to use. Like, really expensive — to the tune of $4.1 billion per launch ...
NextBigFuture

NASA SLS and Boeing Starliner Slipping to 2022

Ars Technica is reporting that the first launch of the NASA SLS (Space Launch System) is slipping to mid-2022. Boeing is the primary contractor for SLS. SLS has received over $20 billion in funding. Each year the SLS program gets over $2.5 billion.
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