Space Launch System

Nelson talks with Aviation Week about the role private companies will play and his concerns about China’s ambitions on the Moon.

Culberson has played a pivotal role in the quest to learn if Jupiter’s ocean-bearing moon Europa has the ingredients for life.

Initial findings from studies of space radiation measurements taken during NASA’s 2022 Artemis I lunar mission were published Sept. 18 in the journal Nature.

The Moon rocket’s new upper stage and mobile launcher are billions over budget.

The rocket is intended for a September 2028 inaugural launch as part of the Artemis IV mission.

The booster will be taken to the Vehicle Assembly Building for flight preparations for Artemis II.

The 212-ft. core stage will be used for the agency’s Artemis II mission.

The mission, designated Artemis IV, is to be the first aboard the more powerful SLS Block 1 rocket.

NASA suffered significant cost growth on some major programs even as the agency managed to get control over problems with some of its flagship efforts, GAO says.

The company suggests leveraging NASA’s deep investment in the SLS may be just the ticket to bring back samples from Mars.

The company is confident a spate of hardware issues and oversights are behind it.

The agency is asking for the same amount of money it received in 2023.

NASA must establish a more integrated, top-down management approach to its supercomputing assets, an agency IG report says.

The White House on March 11 unveiled a $25.4 billion spending plan for NASA in fiscal 2025.

When astronauts land on the Moon, will taikonauts be there to greet them?

The space agency is slowing Artemis missions to address crew safety challenges.

NASA believes it can leverage commercial service industries for deep-space exploration.

NASA has conducted the first of 12 ground-test firings to certify the upgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engine for the Space Launch System rocket.

NASA’s IG is calling for the agency to execute a more aggressive contract transition strategy as it works to reduce the cost of future SLS rocket production.

Following a short-lived debut flight on April 20, an upgraded Starship-Super Heavy vehicle is being prepared for launch.

Three women astronaut candidates from 1978 observed the milestone and encouraged those from all backgrounds to follow their dreams.

Singer has held the director’s post since 2018, after serving two years as MSFC’s deputy director.

NASA has managed to improve the cost performance of 16 major projects over the past year, a GAO report says.

Five years after Jeff Bezos began wooing NASA to buy Blue Origin lunar landing services, the U.S. space agency said “yes.”

The rocket-engine-maker mulls next-gen propulsion plans as certification tests of the new-build RS-25 reach the halfway point.