The rocket was originally scheduled to launch this evening (Oct. 6), but bad weather forced a delay. The launch window runs through Oct. 12. The evening of the launch depends on weather conditions at the launch site as well as the presence of clear skies for at least one of two NASA ...
The mission was previously set for May 8 but had been repeatedly postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions. NASA also had to inspect the launcher vehicle and replace the rocket's third stage motor. NASA warned earlier Sunday that the mission would be the last attempt for its launch time...
NASA is officially targeting 2020 for the first test flight of its long-delayed Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket, but it may not launch until mid-2021, an agency official said.
NASA is preparing for its return to the moon's surface, which includes its first test of its Space Launch System (SLS) scheduled for some time in May. On Thursday, the world will get its first glimpse of this massive rocket as it rolls out ...
Despite all the naysayers, the SLS team has continued to push toward the finish line.It’s paid off: the rocket is no longer a CGI animation created by NASA’s animators, but an actual rocket — engines, tanks, tubes and all — and its launch may finally be imminent. “It is good ...
If no problems are found, the rocket will launch an uncrewed capsule to loop around the Moon in the coming months. And if that goes well, astronauts will then start flying on a succession of SLS vehicles. 如果没有发现问题,火箭将在未来几个月内发射一个无人太空舱,围绕月球飞行。如果进展顺利...
A rocket launch in Virginia thatmay have been visible from Bermuda– originally scheduled for yesterday [Feb 9] – was called off due to “off-nominal readings from a ground support sensor.” NASA said, “Northrop Grumman and NASA have set the next launch attempt to no earlier than Feb. ...
The Space Launch System rocket blasts off on the Artemis 1 moon mission, an unpiloted test flight to send an Orion crew capsule around the moon and back.NASA At that instant, four explosive bolts at the base of each booster detonated to free the SLS from its launch stand and the 5.7-mil...
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will fly on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, which will lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket at 4:32 p.m. EDT May 27, from Launch Complex 39A in Florida. It will be the first time since 2011 that NASA astronauts launch on an American-made...
The pair, Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams, are seasoned Navy test pilots who have each spent six months inspace. They are expected to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, sendingthe new Starliner spacecraftto the International Space Station. ...