Space Launch System (SLS)

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Artemis
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Orion Program
Space Launch System (SLS)
Engineers, technicians, mission planners, and the four astronauts set to fly around the Moon next year on Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission, are rapidly progressing toward launch. At the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, teams are working around the clock to move into integration and final testing of all SLS (Space Launch […]
Posted May 6, 2025
Artemis 2
Christina H. Koch
G. Reid Wiseman
Kennedy Space Center
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Victor J. Glover
Technicians with NASA and Lockheed Martin fitted three spacecraft adapter jettison fairing panels onto the service module of the agency’s Orion’s spacecraft. The operation completed on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Posted March 21, 2025
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
Kennedy Space Center
Space Launch System (SLS)
NASA received the upper stage for the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Mar. 9 supplied by Boeing and United Launch Alliance (ULA). Known as the interim cryogenic propulsion stage, it arrived at the Multi Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The upper stage traveled to the […]
Posted March 10, 2025
Artemis 2
Space Launch System (SLS)
Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida completed stacking the twin SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters – seen in this Feb. 19, 2025, photo – inside the Vehicle Assembly Building for the agency’s Artemis II crewed test flight around the Moon. During stacking operations, which began Nov.
Posted February 20, 2025
Space Launch System (SLS)
Artemis
Artemis 4
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA’s Artemis campaign will send astronauts, payloads, and science experiments into deep space on NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) super heavy-lift Moon rocket. Starting with Artemis IV, the Orion spacecraft and its astronauts will be joined by other payloads atop an upgraded version of the SLS, called Block 1B.
Posted February 13, 2025
Artemis 2
Common Exploration Systems Development Division
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Kennedy Space Center
Space Launch System (SLS)
Media are invited to visit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to capture imagery of the agency’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters for the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon. The event is targeted for Friday, March 7. Subject matter experts from NASA and industry partners […]
Posted February 12, 2025
Michoud Assembly Facility
Artemis
Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Launch System (SLS)
Media are invited to visit NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans between Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Thursday, Feb. 6, ahead of Super Bowl LIX for an inside look at America’s rocket factory, as well as interview agency experts.
Posted January 27, 2025
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
Kennedy Space Center
Space Launch System (SLS)
Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program continue stacking the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s twin solid rocket booster motor segments for the agency’s Artemis II mission, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Posted January 24, 2025
I Am Artemis
Space Launch System (SLS)
Jon Carabello did not begin his career journey with an eye on space, but when NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign came calling, he was all in.
Posted January 22, 2025
Artemis
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
Kennedy Space Center
Space Launch System (SLS)
Teams with NASA are gaining momentum as work progresses toward future lunar missions for the benefit of humanity as numerous flight hardware shipments from across the world arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first crewed Artemis flight test and follow-on lunar missions. The skyline at Kennedy will soon see added […]
Posted January 17, 2025
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