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Northrop Grumman delivered the 10 twin solid rocket booster segments to NASA, which the space agency is now evaluating for stacking.

NASA’s SLS rocket segments, crucial for the Artemis II mission to the Moon, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center. They'll form key boosters providing significant thrust at liftoff. The Artemis II will be a pivotal crewed test for the Orion spacecraft with four astronauts onboard. The 10 booster mo

Stoke Space, a startup that’s taking an unconventional approach to rocket design, successfully completed a key test of its second stage prototype, bringing the company one step closer to flying a fully reusable launch vehicle. The second stage “hop” test was a crucial assessment of the vehicle’s avionics, software, and ground systems, as well as the performance of the stage’s unique oxygen-hydrogen rocket engine. Unlike other nozzled engines, the one on Stoke...

Clemson University students debut autonomous off-road vehicle for disaster missions

The mobile launch platform that supports NASAs Space Launch System rocket was rolled to the pad for testing ahead of next years crewed Artemis 2 mission to the moon.

Imagescourtesy of NASA At Jacobs, we provide critical support to NASAs human exploration endeavor at multiple field centers around the country. At Kennedy Space Center , the...

The mobile launch platform that supports NASA's Space Launch System rocket was rolled to the pad for testing ahead of next year's crewed Artemis 2 mission to the moon.

NASA’s Artemis program has one tower standing and one just getting started. Mobile launcher 1 (ML-1), which endured some significant damage after its use on the Artemis I mission last November, has been undergoing repairs and enhancements in preparation for its reuse on next year’s planned Artemis II flight, the first with humans on board. NASA stuck the 380-foot-tall structure atop its ...

NASA is now a major step closer to launching its next Artemis moon mission – the one with astronauts on board.

NASA's Artemis 2 mission is returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. See live mission updates here.