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in NewsJacobs-NASA Team Enters Space Launch System Booster’s Integration Phase
NASA has received the first Solid Rocket Booster segment for its Space Launch System and Jacobs has begun the stacking and integration of the system boosters at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the agency's Artemis I mission.
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NASA Begins Core Stage Production for Artemis II, III Missions
NASA has started the production of the Space Launch System's core stage structures in preparation for the agency's Artemis II and III missions on the lunar surface.
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NASA Eyes Mid-November Hotfire Test of SLS Rocket’s Core Stage
NASA expects the Space Launch System's core stage to undergo a hotfire test by Nov. 14 if the wet dress rehearsal slated for late October goes as planned, SpaceNews reported Thursday. The agency collaborates with Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne to complete testing work on the four-engine SLS rocket at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
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Boeing to Exhibit Space Tech Platforms at 2020 IAC Virtual Event
Boeing will present its crew transportation vehicle, heavy-lift rocket and space plane during the virtual edition of a three-day International Astronautical Congress event slated to kick off Monday.
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in NewsNASA, Northrop Conduct Static Fire Test for SLS Rocket Booster; Charlie Precourt Quoted
Northrop Grumman and NASA have completed a static fire test for the rocket motor element of the Space Launch System in Promontory, Utah, ahead of the agency's subsequent Artemis deep-space missions.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Finishes Engine Production for NASA’s Crewed Flight Mission; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne has fulfilled its task to produce hardware necessary for the propulsion of the rocket that would send a crewed Orion spacecraft around the moon as part of NASA's second Artemis mission. The company said Monday it completed the RL10 and RS-25 engines for the Space Launch System in support of Artemis II, the second integrated SLS-Orion flight and the first lunar flyby with crew.
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in NewsJacobs to Integrate Northrop-Built Boosters for NASA’s SLS Rocket; Steve Arnette Quoted
Northrop Grumman has delivered the motor segments for the Space Launch System's boosters to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida where Jacobs and NASA will perform integration work for the SLS core stage rocket.
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NASA Taps Northrop to Produce Rocket Boosters for Future SLS Flights
NASA has awarded Northrop Grumman a potential 10-year, $49.5M contract to manufacture long-lead items for twin rocket boosters to support additional Space Launch System missions.
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Northrop Delivers SLS Booster Segments to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Northrop Grumman has shipped a pair of rocket boosters for NASA's Space Launch System rocket to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida from a company-run factory in Promontory, Utah. The deliveries will allow the rocket to support the first Artemis mission that aims to demonstrate an uncrewed launch through integrated performance between SLS, NASA ground operations and the Orion Spacecraft, Northrop said Monday.
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in News, Space NewsLockheed“™s Orion Spacecraft Completes Environmental Testing for Artemis Mission
NASA has certified Lockheed Martin“™s Orion spacecraft ahead of its uncrewed flight in lunar orbit as part of the Artemis I mission.
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Lockheed, NASA Finish Orion Spacecraft Environmental Tests
Lockheed Martin and NASA have concluded environmental tests of the Orion spacecraft in Ohio before the final preparatory procedures, Space News reported Sunday.