Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA’s SLS Rocket: Secondary Payloads

When NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket launches the agency’s Artemis II mission to the Moon, four CubeSats, or small satellites, will be hitching a ride inside the rocket’s Orion stage adapter (OSA). All four Artemis II CubeSats are provided by countries that are signatories of the Artemis Accords.

Posted January 20, 2026

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Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Coverage, Briefing Set for NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket Roll to Pad

NASA’s integrated SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission is inching closer to launch – literally. The agency is targeting no earlier than 7 a.m. EST, Saturday, Jan. 17, to begin the multi-hour trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]

Posted January 15, 2026

I Am Artemis

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People of Marshall

I Am Artemis: Dave Reynolds

As booster manager for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System), Dave Reynolds’ path to NASA is embodied by his childhood poster of the space shuttle’s Return to Flight initiative, which hangs in his office, serving as a constant reminder that his journey to the agency began decades ago. Growing up in Roy, Utah, Reynolds remembers standing […]

Posted January 9, 2026

Andre Douglas

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Christina H. Koch

G. Reid Wiseman

Victor J. Glover

Get In, We’re Going Moonbound: Meet NASA’s Artemis Closeout Crew

For most, getting into a car is a task that can be done without assistance. Yet for those whose destination is the Moon, the process of getting inside and secured – in this case, in NASA’s Orion spacecraft – requires help. That’s the role of the Artemis closeout crew. Trained to support Artemis II and […]

Posted December 23, 2025

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Andre Douglas

Christina H. Koch

G. Reid Wiseman

Victor J. Glover

Artemis II Flight Crew, Teams Conduct Demonstration Ahead of Launch

NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis II flight around the Moon early next year. The astronauts, supported by launch and flight control teams, dressed in their launch and entry suits, boarded their spacecraft on top of […]

Posted December 23, 2025

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Christina H. Koch

G. Reid Wiseman

Victor J. Glover

Artemis II Crew Rehearse Launch Day Demonstration

The four astronauts set to fly around the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II test flight depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during a dress rehearsal for launch day on Dec. 20, 2025.

Posted December 20, 2025

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NASA Progresses Toward Artemis II Moon Mission

As 2026 nears, NASA continues moving forward to launching and flying Artemis II, the first crewed mission under the Artemis campaign, no later than April next year. NASA’s Orion spacecraft, complete with its launch abort system escape tower, is now integrated with the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at […]

Posted November 20, 2025

Ames Research Center

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From Supercomputers to Wind Tunnels: NASA’s Road to Artemis II

By Jill Dunbar Of the many roads leading to successful Artemis missions, one is paved with high-tech computing chips called superchips.

Posted September 18, 2025

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