Space Launch System GallerySpace Launch System GalleryNASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022,...NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022,...NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022,...The Moon is seen rising above NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard at Launch Pad...Guests watch the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I flight test,...NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022,...NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022,...NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad...The Moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse above NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft...This composite made from ten images shows the progression of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse above the Vehicle...NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen illuminated by spotlights after sunset atop the...NASA’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft for Artemis I arrived to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space...Teams have delivered the four RS-25 engines that will help power Artemis II, the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis...Engineers carefully consider placement of the markings to provide maximum value to the team while taking into account the thermal...Small markings around the aft struts, which connect the twin solid rocket boosters to the core stage of SLS, are...Markings on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket enable engineers to precisely track many different parameters of SLS throughout all phases...NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher as it rolls...NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen at sunrise atop the mobile launcher as...NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad...NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it is...The Orion Stage Adapter structural test article is unloaded from NASA’s Super Guppy cargo aircraft at Redstone Arsenal Airfield in...NASA's Super Guppy aircraft arrives at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 10. The specialized aircraft can...A full Moon is in view from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14,...NASA and Northrop Grumman successfully conduct a full-scale, static test of a five-segment booster motor for future flights of NASA’s...A single solid rocket booster motor fires up at Northrop Grumman’s test facility in Promontory, Utah, on July 21.Teams installed the flight support booster for future versions of the SLS rocket’s solid rocket boosters into a test stand...On May 24, 2022, the core stage production team moved the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket engine section for Artemis...The 10 Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor segments that will help launch the Artemis III crew on their mission...This close-up view shows the SLS rocket for Artemis I inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)...NASA engineers successfully completed a subscale solid rocket motor test June 1, 2022, at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in...NASA completed manufacturing of a hydrogen tank barrel that will be tested as a weld confidence article for the Space...NASA joined Space Launch System rocket’s core stage forward assembly with the 130-foot liquid hydrogen tank for the Artemis II...NASA ‘Worm’ Added to Moon Rocket BoostersNASA powered up its third RS-25 engine hot fire test of the new year Feb. 24, on the Fred Haise...The crawlerway is a 4.2 mile road of river rocks that paves the way for rockets from the Vehicle Assembly...NASA’s Space Launch System rocket integrated with the Orion spacecraft will travel 4.2 miles on the crawlerway from the Vehicle...Technicians are preparing to connect two major parts of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s Artemis II core stage. On...NASA conducted its first RS-25 engine hot fire test of the new year Jan. 19 on the Fred Haise Test...NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy get a look at the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage...Casting and assembly of solid rocket booster, shown her, for the Artemis IV mission is underway at Northrop Grumman’s factory...