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The Next President Should End the ‘Senate’ Launch System Rocket
Rather than building an obsolescent, obscenely-over-budget jumbo rocket, NASA should turn to building truly innovative space ...
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NASA completes umbilical test for SLS Artemis 1...NASA completes umbilical test for SLS Artemis 1 mission
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket completed another milestone on its way to launch with the Umbilical Release and Retract Test (URRT). The URRT was performed on the rocket on September 19 ...
NASA's Artemis 2 Moon Rocket's Core Stage Exits Assembly Facility
The core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which is slated to launch astronauts around the moon since the ...
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The SLS rocket just got more expensive
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has announced changes to its “baseline cost” for the SLS rocket, stating that ...
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Failed Test Could Further Delay NASA’s Troubled SLS Rocket
When it was proposed in 2011, the SLS seemed so simple. Rather than spending the time and money required to develop a completely new rocket, the super heavy-lift booster would be based on lightly ...
UCF’s new space game uniforms pay homage to the moon
UCF's latest version of its space-themed uniforms will honor NASA's plan to return to the moon. Entitled "Mission VIII," the ...
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Audit calls NASA’s goal to reduce Artemis rocket costs ‘highly unrealistic,’ threat to deep space exploration
The audit says the costs to produce one SLS rocket through its proposed fixed-cost contract will still top $2.5 billion, even though NASA thinks it can shrink that through “workforce reductions ...
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NASA’s Next Rocket Launcher Project Is Going Off the Rails
In 2019, NASA awarded a $383 million contract to Bechtel to design and build a second mobile launcher that will be used to transport the SLS rocket to its launchpad for the upcoming Artemis 4 ...
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Why Is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon?
Artemis II will send four astronauts on a 10-day trip around the moon on the first crewed test of NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion space capsule. Although the U.S. has had decades ...
The Rocket Factory: Inside NASA’s Plans for the Moon and Beyond
NASA is enhancing its Kennedy Space Center facilities to support the assembly of the SLS rocket for the Artemis missions, aiming to send the next astronauts to the Moon. This preparation includes vert ...
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Another piece of NASA’s mega moon rocket ships out
Standing at 322 feet tall when fully stacked, the SLS is NASA’s most powerful rocket to date and has already been on a test flight around the moon as part of the Artemis I mission in 2022.
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UCF unveils 2024 edition of space game uniforms
UCF has revealed the uniforms for the 2024 edition of the famous space game. Fans look forward to the space-themed uniforms ...