Ars Technica

Lawmakers writing NASA’s budget want a cheaper upper stage for the SLS rocket

Not surprisingly, Congress is pushing back against the Trump administration’s proposal to cancel the Space Launch System, the behemoth rocket NASA has developed to propel astronauts back to the Moon.
SpaceNews

House appropriators interested in alternatives to SLS EUS upper stage

The Exploration Upper Stage is intended for use on the Block 1B version of SLS starting with Artemis 4. Credit: NASA LAS VEGAS — House appropriators want NASA to examine alternatives to a new upper ...
Orlando Sentinel

Amid cuts, Trump’s proposed NASA budget would lay waste to new Artemis launch tower

Work for now continues daily at Kennedy Space Center on a new mobile launch tower that has already cost more than $1 billion. But the Artemis moon mission it is intended to serve may never happen if ...
Ars Technica

As preps continue, it’s looking more likely that NASA will fly the Artemis II mission

Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA’s second Space Launch System rocket into position between the vehicle’s two solid-fueled boosters.
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This Is How the Artemis II Moon Rocket Is Different from the Previous SLS

The first mission of the Artemis Moon exploration program took off in November 2022. Although it had no humans on board, it will forever be regarded as one of the most important Artemis flights, as it ...