Fast forward to the present day. The Space Launch System has flown only once, during the Artemis I mission, and is preparing ...

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected 13 companies for negotiations leading to potential contract awards to conduct systems analysis and trade studies for evaluating heavy-lift launch vehicle system concepts ...

NASA is struggling to manage the costs and schedule for the SLS, the heavy-lift rocket that could ultimately carry astronauts to the moon, according to agency officials. The space launch system is a ...

NASA vs SpaceX rockets compared on cost, technology, and performance, revealing how reusability and innovation reshape modern spaceflight missions.

WASHINGTON — NASA has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking proposals and industry input on heavy-lift system concepts and propulsion technology. NASA is seeking an innovative path for ...

After Challenger, NASA explored a radical idea: keep the shuttle stack, remove the crewed orbiter, and create an uncrewed heavy-lift cargo vehicle. Shuttle-C promised massive payloads for the Moon and ...

The powerful rocket engine developed in the 1960s to launch the first men to the Moon could be reprised in the 2020s as the powerplant for strap-on boosters that NASA hopes to use in heavy-lift human ...

NASA is revealing its most detailed assessment yet of the design challenges that are being tackled as part of its plan to develop and test the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle for human ...

In person, Canaveral National Seashore is the closest spot to view liftoff because it is almost parallel to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Visitors at NASA's Kennedy Space Center would ...

When you compare SpaceX to the world’s other space enterprises, it’s probably easier to list the things SpaceX hasn’t done instead of reciting all of the company’s achievements. One of these is the ...