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NASA Conducts Full-Duration Artemis Moon Rocket Engine Test

A key RS-25 engine test series for future Artemis flights of the agency's powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket continued on March 22 ...

NASA Continues Artemis Moon Rocket Engine Test Series

NASA conducted a full-duration RS-25 engine hot fire March 6, continuing a final round of certification testing for production of new ...

EXPLAINER: NASA tests new moon rocket, 50 years after Apollo

The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will attempt to send an empty crew capsule into a far-flung lunar orbit, 50 years after NASA's famed Apollo moonshots.

NASA Ships Moon Rocket Stage Ahead of First Crewed Artemis Flight

The SLS rocket's core stage is the largest NASA has ever produced. At 212 feet tall, it consists of five major elements, including two huge ...

NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission: Live updates - Space.com

NASA's Artemis 2 lunar mission in 2024 will send the first astronauts around the moon in nearly 50 years. The mission will launch four ...

EXPLAINER: NASA tests new moon rocket, 50 years after Apollo

The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will attempt to send an empty crew capsule into a far-flung lunar orbit, 50 years after NASA's famed Apollo ...

NASA Continues Artemis Moon Rocket Engine Tests with 1st Hot ...

NASA completed a full-duration, 500-second hot fire of an RS-25 certification engine Jan. 17, continuing a critical test series to support future SLS (Space ...

Artemis program: NASA tests new moon rocket, 50 years after Apollo

Liftoff for the first Artemis mission is set for Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP) Years late and billions over budget, NASA's new moon rocket ...

Artemis II - NASA

A full moon was visible behind the Artemis I SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space ...

NASA beefing up SLS moon rocket for its Artemis program | Space

As NASA tests a new generation of lunar rocket engines, the agency said it will need more power and storage to help astronauts work on the ...

NASA test-fires Artemis moon rocket engines for first time in 2024

NASA has begun it's 2024 testing of future Artemis moon rockets with a "full-duration, 500-second hot fire of an RS-25 certification engine" ...

NASA to Continue Testing for New Artemis Moon Rocket Engines

NASA is conducting a series of tests to certify production of new RS-25 engines for future (Space Launch System) missions, beginning with Artemis V.

NASA's Artemis rocket finally lifts off and heads toward the moon : NPR

This white, bell-shaped capsule, called Orion, has now embarked on a 25-day test flight that will take it around the moon and back. The ...

It's time for the NASA Artemis I moon mission's big test - CNN

Consisting of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, the Artemis I rocket is ready to roll March 17 to Launch Complex 39B ...

NASA delays debut Artemis flight of new moon rocket after engine ...

An engine-cooling problem forced NASA on Monday to postpone for at least four days the debut test launch of the colossal new rocketship it ...

Hotfire! NASA tests Artemis moon rocket engine for 2nd time in 2024

NASA tested a Space Launch System rocket RS-25 engine at the Stennis Space Center on Jan. 23, 2024. Credit: NASA Stennis Space Center.

NASA's moon rocket moved to launch pad for 1st test flight | PBS News

NASA's new SLS moon rocket, short for Space Launch System, is 41 feet (12 meters) shorter than the Saturn V rockets used during Apollo a half- ...

Orion Spacecraft - NASA

Orion will launch on NASA's new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System. ... New Hardware for Future Artemis Moon Missions Arrives at NASA Kennedy. News ...

Artemis - NASA

Space Launch System Rocket ... The only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and cargo to the Moon on a single mission. Upon launch, the Space Launch System ...

Artemis I Launch to the Moon (Official NASA Broadcast) - YouTube

Watch live as our mega Moon rocket launches an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a 26-day mission around the Moon and back to Earth. NASA is ...