NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis 2 mission stands at 322 feet tall. The SLS is NASA's most powerful rocket, generating 8.8 million pounds of thrust. While massive, the SLS is ...

NASA plans to fly the Space Launch System on Artemis 3 without an upper stage as the agency begins to define revised plans ...

The core stage for NASA's Artemis moon rocket has arrived in Florida in a crucial step for the upcoming Artemis III mission.

After a successful, historic journey around the moon, Nasa rolled out the core stage, or largest section of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, set to carry Artemis III astronauts in 2027. This ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission, targeting liftoff no earlier than April 1, 2026, represents the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft around the Moon. But the mission carries ...

Artemis II tests Boeing, Northrop Grumman's SLS and Lockheed Martin's Orion SLS faces criticism for high costs, delays compared with commercial alternatives NASA's strategy shifts toward commercial ...

NASA rolled the Artemis 3 core stage out from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Monday (April 20). The next stop is the launch site: Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Four astronauts are preparing to sit atop a 322-foot rocket destined for the moon. They will be the first people to feel the Space Launch System shake with 8.8 million pounds of thrust – the ...

NASA's Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion spacecraft atop, launched at 6:35 p.m. ET on Wednesday, kicking off the first mission to send astronauts to the Moon in over 50 years. Reading time 3 ...