The Space Launch System rocket, or SLS, is entering a critical year, with 2020 to see the completion and full-duration test firing of the Core Stage as well as the convergence of all flight ...

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) continues to make progress toward its Artemis 2 mission planned for next year; SLS is ...

(Photo Caption: A schematic diagram of the different avionics boxes distributed throughout the SLS ... of the stage on the -Z side, allowing the flight computers at the top of the rocket to ...

They are all among the repurposed parts, hidden details and "easter eggs" found when building the new Lego Icons NASA Artemis Space Launch System ... core stage. At the base of the rocket, Lego ...

The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission. On March 23, 2025, technicians working at NASA's ...

Before those deep-space missions can lift off, the SLS must first pass a bolted-down trial of the rocket’s big core stage, the stack of tanks and main engines that forms its backbone.

The rocket's conical stage adapter, which connects the SLS core booster to the launch vehicle's upper stages, was added to the stack on Saturday (April 12), according to NASA. The next piece of ...