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Final Work Platform Installed in Vehicle Assembly Building for NASA’s Space Launch System

09/02/2017admin

NASA reached a key milestone in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A year of platform installations came to conclusion in January as the final work platform, A north, was lifted, installed and secured recently on its rail beam on the north wall of High Bay 3 inside […]

Countdown to Deep Space Continues with Latest RS-25 Test

14/08/2015admin

NASA’s countdown to deep space continued today with a 535-second test of its Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket engine to collect engine performance data at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. SLS will launch astronauts in the Orion spacecraft on missions to deep space and eventually on the journey to Mars. […]

Orion Begins Critical Design Review Milestone

13/08/2015admin

NASA’s Orion Program kicked off its critical design review at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston the week of Aug. 3, a major program milestone that will ensure the spacecraft’s design is ready for its deep space missions atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Orion, which successfully flew about 3,600 miles into space […]