The days of NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket and Orion space capsule may be limited, as a White House budget proposal for the space agency aims to phase out the overbudget SLS after just two ...

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The lights may be starting to go out for NASA’s Space Launch System program. On Wednesday, one of the Republican space policy leaders most consistently opposed to commercial heavy lift rockets over ...

The budget threatens to kill Lunar Gateway and the Mars Sample Return mission, along with phasing out the gigantic SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft. Reading time 3 minutes The U.S. administration is ...

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 ...

The release of NASA's latest budget reveals the Orion spacecraft and Lunar Gateway space station are getting the chop. The US$18.8-billion total figure decreases spending by $6 billion, or 24%, as the ...

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 ...

Piece by piece, stage by stage, gonna get this rocket made. ♫ The next rocket to launch astronauts to the moon is nearing completion. NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) continues to make progress toward ...

The SLS program continues with preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon’s vicinity since 1972. Currently scheduled for April 2026, the mission’s date could be moved up to as early as ...

As billionaire businessman Elon Musk has been leading an unprecedented effort to slash government spending, he's about to audit one of the agencies that has secured him billions in contracts over the ...