Space Launch System GallerySpace Launch System GalleryNASA and Boeing technicians have begun the second of three major activities to join the large structural parts of the...NASA and Northrop Grumman technicians in Promontory, Utah, have applied insulation to the final booster motor segment for the second...Crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have moved the forward join, or forward part, of the massive...An illustration of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in the Block 1 cargo configuration on the mobile launcher.The Block 1 cargo configuration gives NASA’s Space Launch System the unique capability of delivering a payloads inside a cargo...An illustration of the Block 1 cargo configuration for SLS positioned on the mobile launcher ahead of launch day. In...The Block 1 cargo configuration gives NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) the unique capability sending more than 26 metric tons...This illustration shows NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in its Block 1 configuration inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s...This illustration depicts NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in the Block 1 cargo configuration as it leaves Earth. To first...This illustration portrays NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in the Block 1 cargo configuration on the launchpad at NASA’s Kennedy...This illustration showcases NASA’s Space Launch System in the Block 1 cargo configuration. The five-meter cargo fairing is designed to...The Block 1 cargo configuration utilizes the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) and enables NASA’s Space Launch System and its...This illustration shows NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in the Block 1 cargo configuration. In place of NASA’s Orion spacecraft,...The boat-tail structure, a fairing-like cover designed to protect the bottom end of the core stage and the RS-25 engines,...America’s powerful new deep space rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System, will face harsh conditions and extreme temperatures in flight when...NASA 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...
