Tag: Artemis 1
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First SLS core stage installed on test stand in Mississippi
The SLS core stage for the Artemis 1 mission was rotated vertical in January for installation into the B-2 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. Credit: NASA/SSC Weeks after leaving its factory in New Orleans, the core stage for NASA’s first Space Launch System flight has been raised into a test…
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Artemis 1 Orion halfway through Plum Brook thermal vacuum test
The NASA Orion spacecraft that will fly the Artemis 1 lunar orbit mission is about halfway through two months of around the clock thermal vacuum testing at Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin are collecting data on the spacecraft’s behavior and performance while it operates in simulated deep space…
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Boeing negotiating with NASA on future SLS Core Stage production
Now that the first of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stages has shipped from the factory, prime contractor Boeing is refining production plans for the second flight article and continuing negotiations with the civilian space agency for future production. The production team at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans is applying lessons…
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SLS Core Stage arrives at Stennis for Green Run campaign
The first NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage arrived at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi onboard the Pegasus barge late last weekend to begin the Stage Green Run test campaign that will take up the majority of the year. The stage was transported from its Michoud Assembly Facility factory after weather postponed the…
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NASA, Boeing aim to deliver first SLS core stage to Kennedy Space Center by this fall
The first fully-assembled core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket rolled out of its factory Wednesday and was loaded in a specially-designed barge for transport to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for testing. Credit: NASA After years of delays, the core stage for NASA’s first Space Launch System moon rocket rolled out…
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First NASA SLS Core Stage rolls out – Ships to Stennis
Working through almost all of the standard fortnight year-end holiday, Boeing’s final assembly team for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage completed work on their first rocket with Core Stage-1 leaving the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) factory early on the morning of January 8. NASA held a ceremonial event in early December to mark…
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First SLS core stage departs factory
The SLS core stage is powered by four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 main engines. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now The heart of NASA’s first flight-ready Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket emerged from its factory in New Orleans Wednesday morning for a barge trip to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for an eight-minute test-firing of…
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NASA declares first SLS core stage complete
All four RS-25 engines, leftovers from the space shuttle program, have been installed on the first Space Launch System core stage. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon NASA has declared assembly complete on the core stage for the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket in New Orleans, signaling a long-awaited transition from manufacturing to testing as the core…
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Boeing, NASA getting ready for SLS Core Stage Green Run campaign ahead of Stennis arrival
As NASA showed off the first assembled Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage to government stakeholders and media at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans, prime contractor Boeing continued preparations to ship the stage to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi as soon as they can. While the TV camera “red lights” were…
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First SLS Core Stage begins final testing ahead of shipment
NASA and prime contractor Boeing are working to finish assembly and checkout of the first Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage next month and send it on its way to a rocket test facility by Christmas. Aerojet Rocketdyne and Boeing attached the last of four RS-25 engines on the stage in early November at NASA’s…