Unfortunately, NASA’s giant rocket, decades in development but flown exactly once, is likely to survive the transition. In its current form, SLS largely duplicates capacity available elsewhere ...

Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.

Astronauts launched in an Orion capsule atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket then will rendezvous with the Starship in orbit around the moon for the descent to the surface. NASA's contract requires ...

However, this schedule hinges on the readiness of Starship to accommodate humans, the availability of new lunar spacesuits, and the status of the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft, both of which ...

Assembly of the Artemis II moon rocket has reached its latest milestone with the stacking of the twin boosters' right forward ...

At its base are 33 Raptor engines, which together produce 16.7 million pounds of thrust — about double the 8.8 million pounds of thrust of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, which launched for ...

Aschbacher was asked during the briefing about the alliance of President-elect Donald Trump, SpaceX founder Elon Musk and ...

NASA's giant Space Launch System rocket had a successful debut in 2022, as did the Vulcan rocket last year from United Launch Alliance, Boeing and Lockheed Martin's joint launch venture.