NASA has made a pivotal decision to upgrade its Artemis program by selecting a new upper stage for its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. In a move that is sure to impact the future of human space exploration, the agency has chosen the Centaur V upper stage ...

NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, on Pad 39B ahead of the Artemis II mission launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 29, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid ...

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis 2 mission stands at 322 feet tall. The SLS is NASA's most powerful rocket, generating 8.8 million pounds of thrust. While massive, the SLS is shorter than SpaceX's approximately 400-foot Starship ...

potential of SLS, which would have the most world dominating 108' tall fairing along with it's 115 ton lift capacity Click to expand... The Block 1B cargo version was still entirely notional. No hardware for the 8.4 m fairing has been built, and NASA doesn ...

Artemis II is capturing global attention—but it’s only the next stride in NASA’s accelerating campaign to return humans to the moon and beyond. Artemis II will mark the first time humans set out to attempt a lunar flybyin over 50 years, another ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA's plan to return humans to the moon is changing course. The space agency outlined a new path for its Artemis moon mission, designed to return humans to the moon using NASA's SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft for the first time since ...

Don’t you hate it when a plan does not come together? Friday, February 27, is when the dreams and aspirations of those of us who believe the future of humanity lies out there, in space, got a serious blow. But is this blow a setback, or the proverbial ...

Eight segments have been shipped via train, and will help put four astronauts in orbit next year.