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23 hours ago · NASA/Michael DeMocker. NASA is preparing the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage that will help power the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis campaign for shipment. On July 6, NASA and Boeing, the core stage lead contractor, moved the Artemis II rocket stage to another part of the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
3 days ago · As part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, Firefly Aerospace launched eight small satellites on July 3 aboard the company’s Alpha rocket. Named “Noise of Summer,” the rocket successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:04 p.m. PDT.
2 days ago · Rocket to the Moon, Mars and Beyond. NASA’s Space Launch System is the only rocket capable of carrying crew and large cargo to deep space in a single launch. Powered by the Boeing-built Core Stage, SLS successfully launched as part of the Artemis I Mission on November 16, 2022.
4 days ago · Firefly Aerospace launched 8 NASA-sponsored cubesats on the first flight of its Alpha rocket since an upper stage malfunction more than half a year ago.
5 days ago · Meet the Rocket Infographic. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful and capable rocket NASA has ever built, will send missions farther and faster through space.
5 days ago · Ariane 6 rockets are complex pieces of technology, standing at over 60 metres tall – the height of about 15.5 elephants stacked on top of one another. The bottom part is called the main stage, which is powered by a liquid-fuelled engine called Vulcain 2.1.
3 days ago · Rocket, any of a type of jet-propulsion device carrying either solid or liquid propellants that provide both the fuel and oxidizer required for combustion. The term is commonly applied to any of various vehicles, including firework skyrockets, guided missiles, and launch vehicles used in spaceflight.
