Space Launch System GallerySpace Launch System GalleryNASA and Boeing have completed the majority of outfitting for the core stage engine section for the first flight of...NASA and its industry partners continue their steady progress toward launching the nation's newest rocket, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS)....NASA marked yet another milestone in preparations for the first mission of its new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Feb....Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed the application of the thermal protection systems on the149-foot-long...The recently completed “forward join,” or forward portion, of the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System’s core stage is...Engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed the “forward join,” connecting structures to form the top...NASA and its partners have completed manufacture and checkout of 10 Space Launch System rocket motor segments set to power...The largest piece of structural test hardware for America’s new deep space rocket, the Space Launch System, was loaded into...Researchers at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, recently completed a development test on a proposed design of acoustic...Technicians used joysticks to operate transporters carrying the 149-foot-long liquid hydrogen tank structural test article on to NASA’s barge Pegasus,...Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, moved the largest piece of structural test hardware for America's new...To create the liquid hydrogen tank structural test article, engineers built a tank identical to the Space Launch System tank...The 149-foot-long Space Launch System liquid hydrogen tank structural test article is almost as large as the entire space shuttle...NASA ushered in the Gulf Coast fall season with force Nov. 15, conducting a full-power, full-duration 650-second RS-25 engine test...Technicians lifted the intertank for NASA's deep space rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), into a vertical stacking area at...NASA delivered a treat with a full-duration RS-25 engine test Oct. 31, and the shake, rattle and roar of the...The arrival of fall in south Mississippi means billowing clouds of steam exhaust is in the air as NASA continues...NASA is taking advantage of RS-25 engine tests, such as the Sept. 6 test shown here, to not only test...This test series is verifying that the improved components, such as the main combustion chamber tested for the second time...Engineers Fred Whisnant and Jennifer Vollmer check out communication systems during a big voice test Aug. 21, 2018, at the...From atop Marshall’s Test Stand 4693, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and SLS Stages Integration Manager Tim Flores discuss the capabilities...NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine views the test version of the SLS intertank during his visit to Marshall on Aug. 15.SLS Core Stage manager Julie Bassler, left, updates NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, middle, and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center acting...Located throughout the core stage, the avionics are the rocket's "brains," controlling navigation and communication during launch and flight.The first major piece of core stage hardware for NASA's Space Launch System rocket has been assembled and is ready...Aerojet Rocketdyne developmental RS-25 engine No. 0525 is readied for installation on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center...Engineers installed structural test hardware for NASA's deep space rocket, the Space Launch System, into a test stand at NASA's...An innovative robotic system sprayed thermal protection foam on the tank, shown here, that will hold the cryogenic liquid oxygen...With the historic Saturn IB rocket that paved the way for America’s first lunar missions in the background, NASA moved...NASA technicians have completed application of spray-on foam thermal insulation on the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter, which is being outfitted...The liquid hydrogen tank for NASA’s deep-space rocket, the Space Launch System, makes a move for its next step in...NASA's Super Guppy aircraft prepares to depart the U.S. Army’s Redstone Airfield in Huntsville, Alabama, April 3, with flight hardware...This picture shows platforms inside the launch vehicle stage adaptor that will allow technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...A structural test version of the intertank for NASA's new deep-space rocket, the Space Launch System, arrives at NASA’s Marshall...The intertank is the second piece of structural hardware for the massive Space Launch System core stage, built at NASA's...NASA's barge Pegasus leaves the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, en route to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in...Connecting the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks, the intertank is built differently from the rest of the core stage....At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, technicians with Orion prime contractor Lockheed Martin welded together the first two...Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, flip the Orion stage adapter to install the adapter's diaphragm,...The Orion stage adapter flight hardware for NASA's Space Launch System has been outfitted and is ready to travel to...