It noted that the Apollo program launched the Saturn V rocket every four months, and the space shuttle flew on average every three months over a span of three decades. But because the SLS is so ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Nearly 50 years after the last moon mission, NASA has big plans to return. Now, they have the big rocket to match. The agency’s new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket made its ...

NASA’s Space Launch System rises from its Kennedy Space Center launch pad. (NASA Photo / Joel Kowsky) NASA succeeded spectacularly in the third attempt to launch its Space Launch System rocket on an ...

Boeing has delivered the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's core stage to NASA, marking a significant step towards the Artemis II mission to send humans to orbit the Moon for the first time since the ...

The SLS got the Orion capsule to the Moon and back. I expect SpaceX and Blue Origin to be able to eventually launch human rated systems beyond low earth orbit. But that has not happened yet. In the ...

The Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon using multiple vehicles from NASA and private companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin, contrasting with the Apollo program's single-rocket approach.