The SLS, NASA’s ambitious but outdated rocket, is a relic of past programs. Why does it exist in a world dominated by ...

NASA's Space Launch System rocket, reflected in the turn basin at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, rolls out for a fourth attempt at a wet dress rehearsal on June 6, 2022.

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it is rolled up the ramp at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at NASA’s ...

NASA’s Space Launch System has been under development for decades. Here are the stories to read as the rocket makes its big debut: carrying the Orion capsule to space as part of the Artemis 1 ...

The Space Launch System, or SLS, has spent most of the last year tucked away in NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building, a massive warehouse structure at KSC used to house and integrate giant rockets.

A more powerful version of the Space Launch System (SLS) will launch in the coming decade for more ambitious moon missions, starting with Artemis 4. The larger version, called Block 1B, can carry ...

Under a program dubbed Artemis—twin sister of the Greek god Apollo—NASA plans to use the baseline version of the Space Launch System to return astronauts to the Moon, after which it will grow ...

After years of preparation and two false starts, NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System has finally taken off and entered orbit. It’s a big win for the space agency — even as it assigns to ...

Dragonfly, NASA's helicopter mission to Titan, is already using a Falcon Heavy to launch in 2028. While the Falcon Heavy doesn't have as much payload capacity as the SLS, it could still ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) has entered the last stages of preparations for its upcoming August launch window. Following the completion of the rocket’s wet dress rehearsal campaign, ...

The Space Launch System was conceived in an era when new commercial rocket companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX were just emerging. Those companies have transformed how NASA sends cargo, astronauts ...

The Space Launch System (SLS) launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1.47 am EST on 16 November (6.47 am GMT), the rocket’s first flight and the first stepping stone of NASA’s path back to ...