Space Launch System GallerySpace Launch System GalleryTeams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, completed the first test of the eight-part core stage...This illustration depicts NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket in the Block 1B cargo configuration at launch.This illustration portrays NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in the Block 1B cargo configuration as it leaves Earth.This illustration offers an expanded view of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1B cargo configuration.NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Block 1B cargo configuration utilizes a more powerful Exploration Upper Stage for SLS to...The crew of NASA's Barge Pegasus prepares for voyage after successfully loading the core stage for NASA's Space Launch System...NASA’s Ground Transportation team guides NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s completed core stage from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in...Team practices booster stacking for Artemis missions in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard joins Robert Champion, director of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, and John Honeycutt,...NASA Creative Art Director David Rager delivers remarks during a dedication event for Richard Danne, creator of the NASA worm...NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage, complete with all four RS-25 engines, is transported from NASA’s Michoud Assembly...The first Artemis rocket stage is guided toward NASA’s Pegasus barge Jan. 8 ahead of its forthcoming journey to NASA’s...On Jan.1, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted: "Making progress! The massive @NASA_SLS core stage is moving to Building 110...NASA and the Boeing team have removed scaffolding around the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage for Artemis I...Teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans moved the core stage, complete with all four RS-25 engines, for...Aft Exit Cones for NASA’s Space Launch System Arrive at Kennedy Space Center for Artemis I.NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks on the agency’s Artemis program, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility...NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks on the agency’s Artemis program, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility...The Dec. 5 test pushed the tank to its limits to see how much force it would take to cause...Engineers are preparing to push a test article identical to the world’s largest rocket fuel tank beyond its design limits...Both of the Artemis II propellant tanks for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket are moving to the next phase of...Both of the Artemis II propellant tanks for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket are moving to the next phase of...On Nov. 6, engineers and technicians attached the last of four RS-25 engines that will provide the necessary thrust for...All four RS-25 engines were structurally mated to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for Artemis...Aerodynamics engineer Thomas Steva (left) of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and aerospace engineer Nettie Roozeboom (right) of NASA’s Ames...The second RS-25 engine has been attached to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the...Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have structurally mated the first of four RS-25 engines...NASA finished assembling the main structural components for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage on Sept. 19. Engineers...The core stage test team recently completed structural testing confirming the stage’s liquid hydrogen tank structural design is good for...Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans moved the engine section for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket...The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket engine section, the lowest portion of the massive core stage for NASA’s rocket, is...NASA and Northrop Grumman technicians in Promontory, Utah, completed casting, or filling with propellant, all 10 of the booster motor...NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine briefs media on the status of the agency’s Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis missions...The core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.Little SLS Launches in Low Speed Wind TunnelThe fourth and final structural test article for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) core stage was unloaded from NASA’s barge...The forward part and liquid hydrogen tank for the core stage were connected to form most of the massive core...NASA Deputy Administrator James Morhard speaks with media in front of flight hardware for Artemis 1 during his first visit...Crews delivered the last of four RS-25 engines for Artemis 1, the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS)...The last of four structural test articles for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) was loaded onto NASA’s barge Pegasus Wednesday,...