Space Launch System GallerySpace Launch System GalleryRatana Meekham, a Qualis Corp. engineering technician at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, helps install approximately 5...A liquid oxygen tank confidence article for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, completes final welding on the Vertical...RS-25 engine No. 2059 arrives at the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center on Nov. 4, 2015.The fifth and final segment for a full-scale test version of NASA's Space Launch System booster is delivered March 2...On March 4, crew members ready a 900-pound steel beam to "top out" Test Stand 4697, which is under construction...An engine section weld confidence article is taken off the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New...A liquid hydrogen tank weld confidence article, at left, for the core stage of NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch...Artist concept of the core stage pathfinderOn its first mission—Exploration Mission 1--the Space Launch System (SLS) will transport secondary payloads mounted inside the Orion Stage Adaptor...The aft cone, or bottom portion, of a test version of the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) for the world’s...A crane moves the first steel tier to be bolted into place on Jan. 6, for welding of a second...It’s “Operation Insulation” for NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch System, at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,...The forward cone for a test version of the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) -- part of NASA’s new rocket,...Teams at AMRO Fabricating Corp. in South El Monte, California, show completed flight and structural test article hardware panels, arranged...Steel is rising for two towers that will compose a 215-foot-tall structural test stand for NASA's Space Launch System at...Artist concept of the structural test articles that replicate the upper portion of the Space Launch System rocket.Space Launch System Program Manager John Honeycutt thanks United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Boeing Co. employees for their work on...NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) will be the most powerful rocket in history for deep space missions, including to an...The initial configuration of SLS will be able to launch payloads in a five-meter-class fairing compatible with current spacecraft designs.Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed more than 50 pieces of flight and qualification hardware...Technicians at Orbital ATK in Promontory, Utah, offload the aft stiffener that will be used on one of the two,...The avionics subsystem and hardware is checked out at one of Orbital ATK’s test facilities before the successful Sept. 22...Artist concept of the Block I configuration of the SLS in flight.Marshall crew members prepare to install a LVSA structural test article panel onto the weld fixture.Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, have successfully completed base heating testing on 2-percent scale models...A crane positions the first steel piece for twin towers of a 215-foot-tall structural test stand for NASA's Space Launch...The RS-25 engine fires up for a 535-second test Aug. 27, 2015 at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St....NASA’s countdown to deep space continued today with a 535-second test of its Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket engine...The aft segment for a full-scale version of a five-segment solid rocket booster for NASA's Space Launch System has been...The critical design review team, including members of the Standing Review BoardNASA's Space Launch System Program Manager Todd May and others on the critical design review teamConstruction 'Fueling' Up for SLS Core Stage Hydrogen TankGore panels, provided to Boeing by supplier MT Aerospace of GermanyBoeing technicians use cranes and specially designed lift fixtures to move a dome cap onto the Circumferential Dome Weld Tool...In auto racing parlance, NASA engineers put the “pedal to the metal” during a July 17 test of its Space...South Mississippi was hotter than usual on June 25 when the fire and heat produced by the longest test firing...Marshall Center engineers Jim Lydon, left, and Zach Jones work on a recently 3-D printed rocket part.The RS-25 engine fires up at the beginning of a 500-second test June 11 at NASA's Stennis Space Center near...Orbital ATK technicians detach the center forward segment from the forward segment of NASA's five-segment booster that fired up for...NASA began work May 13 on a major milestone in its preparation for testing the core stage of its new...