NASA is hard at work on the space launch system and capsule that will replace the retired space shuttle fleet to carry American astronauts into orbit and to the ISS. The Orion capsule that will carry ...

The Artemis I rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B ahead of sunrise on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 ahead awaiting its first launch attempt on Aug. 29. The Artemis I rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B ahead of sunrise ...

This artist rendering shows a wide-angle view of the liftoff of the 70-metric-ton (77-ton) crew vehicle configuration SLS from the launchpad. NASA/MSFC NASA is working on a next-generation launch ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA is contemplating space journeys far beyond a near-Earth asteroid, the moon or Mars for its ...

Congress will pour billions more dollars into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its associated architecture, even as NASA science missions remain vulnerable to cuts. Both the House and Senate ...

To great jubilation, NASA’s Space Launch System performed a spectacularly successful first test flight beginning Nov. 16, 2022. Almost a month later, after multiple distant orbits of Earth’s moon, the ...