SLS July Highlights

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Photo Tour of SLS Engine at Stennis

The space shuttle’s hydrogen-fueled rocket engines will soon roar again after receiving upgrades to fly on the Space Launch System, a heavy-lifting mega-rocket NASA hopes will take astronauts on journeys farther than humans have ever traveled.  The first...

SLS Inspires

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education launches the dreams of students.  Aerojet Rocketdyne debuted a video that captures just how powerful this inspiration can be for a new generation.  It is projected that by 2018, there will be eight...

Oshkosh Update

Crowds at EAA AirVenture @ Oshkosh, Wisconsin learn more about how NASA plans to take us to Mars, with former astronaut Charlie Precourt.

Meet the Rocket

The first flight test of the SLS will feature a configuration for a 70-metric-ton (77-ton) lift capacity and carry an uncrewed Orion spacecraft beyond low-Earth orbit to test the performance of the integrated system. As the SLS evolves, it will provide an...

The Next Giant Leap

Space Launch System, or SLS, begins a bolder mission for NASA and the world — a new era of exploration unlike anything we’re done before. Able to carry more payload than the space shuttle and generate more thrust at launch than the Saturn V, SLS will send...

A Bolder Mission

Space Launch System, or SLS, begins a bolder mission for NASA and the world — a new era of exploration unlike anything we’re done before. Able to carry more payload than the space shuttle and generate more thrust at launch than the Saturn V, SLS will send...