Space Launch System (SLS)
NASA To Study Launching Astronauts on 1st SLS/Orion Flight
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - In a potentially major change in direction for NASA’s human spaceflight architecture, the agency is…
NASA Stands Ready For Trump Transition Team
Almost a week after the election, NASA is still waiting to talk to Trump's transition team, making the future of…
NASA’s First SLS Mars Rocket Fuel Tank Completes Welding
The first of the massive fuel tanks that will fly on the maiden launch of NASA’s SLS mega rocket in…
Apollo 11 Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin Talks to Universe Today about ‘Destination Mars’
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL - Sending humans on a ‘Journey to Mars’ and developing strategies and hardware to…
NASA Successfully Test Fires Mars Mega Rocket Engine with Modernized ‘Brain’ Controller
NASA STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MISS - NASA engineers successfully carried out a key developmental test firing of an RS-25 rocket…
Major Overhaul of VAB for NASA’s SLS Mars Rocket Reaches Halfway Point With Platform Installation
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - A major overhaul of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) readying it for launches of…
NASA Welds Together 1st SLS Hydrogen Test Tank for America’s Moon/Mars Rocket – Flight Unit in Progress
MICHOUD ASSEMBLY FACILITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA - NASA has just finished welding together the very first fuel tank for America’s…
NASA Completes Awesome Test Firing of World’s Most Powerful Booster for Human Mission to Mars – Gallery
The world’s most powerful booster that will one day propel NASA astronauts on exciting missions of exploration to deep space…
Time For NASA To Double Down On Journey To Mars
With the 2030s approaching, and an impending election, NASA needs to redouble its efforts to make a crewed mission to…
Orbital ATK Proposes Man-Tended Lunar-Orbit Outpost by 2020 for Link Up with NASA’s Orion
Orbital ATK has unveiled a practical new proposal to build a near term man-tended outpost in lunar orbit that could…