NASA responded to news that Boeing aims to lay off up to 400 workers from its Space Launch System program. The SLS rocket plays a key role in the Artemis moon program, the agency said.

The space agency's first test flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) was originally targeted for December 2017, however, that test will likely be delayed until at least mid-2018, according to ...

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. — For a few moments, it seemed like the Space Launch System saga might have a happy ending. Beneath brilliant blue skies late on Saturday afternoon, NASA’s huge ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it is rolled up the ramp at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at NASA’s ...

That’s where the Space Launch System, or SLS, comes in. The SLS is NASA’s big bet on deep space travel, and the colossal launch vehicle will give NASA the power to send manned missions back to ...

Anyway, NASA now proposes to cut this cost—whatever it is—in half. And it seeks to fly the Space Launch System rocket well into the middle of the 21st century.

The Space Launch System was conceived in an era when new commercial rocket companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX were just emerging. Those companies have transformed how NASA sends cargo, astronauts ...

NASA reports substantial progress on the construction of the Artemis II Space Launch System, with several key components arriving at Cape Canaveral Friday. "And that behind me is the core stage of ...

The testing campaign for NASA's super big, super expensive Space Launch System is now complete, the agency declared on Friday. The launch could occur as soon as late August, NASA officials said ...

09-14-2011 TECH Meet NASA’s Space Launch System, 50 Years In The Making Combining 50 years of innovation into one vehicle, NASA’s unveiling its next big rocket–the Space Launch System.

Congress mandated building the Space Launch System as part of the Obama-era Journey to Mars program and as a way to force NASA to build tangible hardware to accomplish the mission.