NASA has completed the first full-scale static test fire of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket motor, the next-generation solid rocket booster for the space agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) lunar vehicle. The 140-second ...

NASA’s Space Launch System appears to have a finite shelf life. The Trump administration wants to cancel it after just three launches, while the preliminary text of a bill making its way through Congress would extend it to five flights. But chances are ...

Northrop Grumman and NASA conducted a dramatic static-fire test of a booster for an SLS (Space Launch System) rocket last week. According to NASA, the five-segment booster rocket fired for more than two minutes, producing 3.9 million pounds (1.76 million ...

Despite the ongoing government shutdown, NASA managed to complete a major milestone in its effort to send astronauts back to the moon. Last week, teams completed the stacking of the Orion spacecraft atop the Space Launch System rocket at Kennedy Space ...