The Universal Stage Adaptor In its initial Block 1 configuration ... mass to orbit capability than non-SLS launch vehicles, and a much larger payload volume than the current launch systems ...

The elements within the program include the Booster, Liquid Engines, SPIE (Spacecraft/Payload Integration and Evolution), and Stages offices. The SLS Block 1 vehicle uses the ICPS as its in-space ...

Cubesats installed in an adapter for the Artemis 1 SLS launch ... NASA has developed a new payload adapter for the Block 1B version of the SLS with the more powerful Exploration Upper Stage.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has just revealed the initial configuration of Block 1, which is the name given to the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The rocket is ...

the SLS will use its Block 1 configuration, which includes a payload capacity of 27 tons—that’s nearly 60,000 pounds to orbit beyond the moon. Blocks 1B and 2 have increasingly larger payloads ...

The initial 322-foot SLS "block 1" version can lift 95 tons of payload and propellant to low-Earth orbit and can send 27 tons on to the moon. It is the only rocket in the world that can boost that ...

A fair dinkum disaster Australia's first homegrown rocket launch has been delayed after the vehicle's fairing unexpectedly ...

In its original un-crewed Block 1 configuration ... that doesn't mean the SLS won't need to haul a bigger payload. If all goes according to plan, Artemis III will be the first crewed space ...

The new launch will have the first payload fairing reuse ... cost of over $2 billion per launch for the SLS once development is complete, the use of a commercial launch vehicle would provide over $1.5 ...

on 1 November soliciting information on potential payload fairings. Such payload fairings are crucial for protecting satellites from aerodynamic forces and airborne debris during launch. "SLS can ...

The company has been busy over the past decade. For example, it developed the 82-foot-tall (25-meter-tall) Eris and built a ...