The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side ...

NASA successfully completed a major milestone for the Artemis II mission with the integration of the core stage of the Space ...

SLS will launch NASA's Artemis 2 mission to fly four astronauts aboard an Orion spacecraft around the moon and back sometime next year. "Technicians joined the core stage March 23 with the stacked ...

Technicians have joined the core stage with the stacked solid rocket boosters for the mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The core stage for Artemis II arrived from its factory in Louisiana last year, and NASA started stacking the SLS solid rocket boosters in November. Other recent accomplishments on the path toward ...

Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA's second Space Launch System rocket into position between the vehicle's two solid-fueled boosters.

On March 23, 2025, technicians working at NASA's Kennedy Space Center mated together major elements of the rocket that will launch the Artemis 2 mission with the first humans to the moon in more ...

The slow race of getting NASA's Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year's Artemis II moon mission jumped a big hurdle over the weekend. The 212-foot-tall core stage was placed ...

The slow race of getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year’s Artemis II moon mission jumped a ...

The Artemis II astronauts, as well as folks following the mission preparations, will be pleased to learn that NASA recently lifted the SLS rocket’s core stage into position, joining it to the ...