NASA rolled out the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket's core stage for the Artemis II test flight from its manufacturing facility in New Orleans on Tuesday for shipment to the agency's spaceport in ...

Welding issues are holding up a part of the Artemis 2 moon rocket's core stage assembly, a report suggests. But NASA and contractor Boeing continue to build the powerful booster for its 2024 mission.

NASA's Artemis II SLS core stage, a towering 212-foot marvel, was moved upright into High Bay 2 at Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building. This milestone grants NASA and Boeing teams ...

A spokesperson for Boeing, the prime contractor for both the SLS core stage and EUS, said Dec. 7 that the revised plan will create approximately 125 jobs at Michoud and 145 jobs at KSC.

When fully assembled, this piece of the SLS will become the world’s tallest rocket stage (21 feet/65 meters high), but also the most powerful, being capable of developing enough thrust to push ...

After the rest of the third Core Stage unit is completed at Michoud, it will also be barged to KSC, where final assembly will be moving into High Bay 2 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at KSC.