The first engine installed in the core stage for the Artemis II crewed, lunar-flyby flight test was engine 2059, which was bolted into the number two position on Sept. 11.

The second RS-25 engine has been attached to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the agency’s Artemis missions. Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Michoud ...

Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans moved the engine section of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon, into ...

After a total of three Block 1 launches, the Block 1B SLS upgrade with EUS would first launch on Artemis 4; the main difference from Block 1 to Block 1B is a new, larger upper stage developed in ...

Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans attached the fourth RS-25 engine to the rocket stage Nov. 6 just one day after structurally mating the third engine.

At NASA’s Michoud Facility in New Orleans, Aerojet Rocketdyne and Boeing teams installed the first RS-25 engine on the core stage for NASA’s Artemis moon mission.

The engines were attached to the core stage at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Together, the engines are capable of producing around 2.2 million pounds of thrust at ...

With an eye toward building two Space Launch System rockets per year, NASA prime contractor Boeing is shifting engine integration work to Florida and setting up a new production area at the ...