Nasa says the SLS is "the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and cargo directly to the moon in a single launch." But its expense has been criticized: each SLS launch is estimated to cost ...

Arguably, the most pressing problem with the SLS program is that it has no clear purpose. As a congressionally mandated project, NASA must continue on with its development regardless of whether or ...

Unfortunately, NASA’s giant rocket, decades in development but flown exactly once, is likely to survive the transition. In its current form, SLS largely duplicates capacity available elsewhere ...

The massive core section of the SLS has shuttle heritage in it Nasa has finished assembling the main structural components for its largest rocket ... strapped to either side of the core.

The Artemis I launch was a test flight, but SLS delivered full performance to its primary payload, NASA’s Orion human-rated spacecraft; Orion required a trans-lunar trajectory in order to test ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket completed another milestone on its way to launch with the ... They are located on the opposite side of the rocket in relation to the launch tower.

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Faced with growing uncertainty over the future of Artemis, NASA this week showed off ... and are ready to power the SLS rocket during its Artemis II mission. SLS is a big rocket.

Things aren’t looking good for NASA’s ... the SLS promised to reuse existing infrastructure to deliver higher payload capacities and lower operating costs than its infamous winged predecessor.

Having launched successfully this week, NASA’s Artemis Program is live at last. Artemis-I has already provided a test for NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS)—which ...