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NASA’s Space Launch System Passes Critical Design Review Milestone

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July 31, 2015
Exploration, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, Mars, Moon, NASA, News, Orion, Press Releases, Rockets, SLS, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories
You know the feeling of pride and achievement when you've worked really hard on a term paper, and finally turn it in? That's how the critical design review team for NASA's Space Launch System is feeling this...

First Full-Scale SLS Booster Installed On Stand For March Static Test

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January 22, 2015
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NASA and ATK have completed installing the first Space Launch System booster qualification motor, QM-1, in a specialized test stand in Utah. The largest solid rocket motor ever built for flight, QM-1 is now...

RS-25 Main Engine Testing Resumes At Stennis After Five-Year Hiatus

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January 12, 2015
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The new year is off to a hot start for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS). The engine that will drive America's next great rocket to deep space blazed through its first successful test Jan. 9 at the agency's...

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Completes “Picture Perfect” First Test Flight

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December 5, 2014
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Reaching a pinnacle in its nine-year development program, NASA’s next-generation Orion deep-space exploration craft soared through a picture-perfect test flight today to mark a major milestone in NASA’s...
ATK's launch abort motor igniter for the Orion crew capsule's Launch Abort System is one step closer toward qualifying for production. (PRNewsFoto/ATK)

ATK Test Fires Igniter For Orion Launch Abort System Motor

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September 30, 2014
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NASA and ATK successfully completed a static test of the launch abort motor igniter for the Orion crew capsule's Launch Abort System (LAS). Conducted at ATK's facility in Promontory, Utah, this test is the...

Acoustic Tests Help NASA Model SLS Launch Dynamics

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August 28, 2014
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A 5-percent scale model of the Space Launch System (SLS) is ignited Aug. 28 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Image Credit: NASA/MSFC/David Olive Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in...

SLS Passes Milestone And Receives NASA Approval For Development

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August 27, 2014
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Artist concept of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions, including to an asteroid and...

NASA Video Highlights Orion, SLS Development Progress

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June 8, 2014
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This is NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate quarterly update highlighting progress made in early 2014 toward the flight test of Orion EFT-1 and ongoing work to upgrade the ground infrastructure at...
Lockheed Martin technicians and engineers attach the heat shield to the Orion crew module inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

Orion Receives Heat Shield For Late 2014 EFT-1 Test Flight

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June 5, 2014
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Lockheed Martin technicians and engineers attach the heat shield to the Orion crew module inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit:...
Human Exploration: NASA's Path to Mars

NASA Outlines Future Path To Human Mars Exploration

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April 29, 2014
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I will join 11 senior NASA officials in a public forum about NASA's exploration path to Mars. This will be another important opportunity for members of the NASA Family to learn how all of our exploration...
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