https://spacewatch.global/tag/sls/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:14:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/sls/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/spacewatchgl-opinion-huntsvilles-space-economy/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70320
Written by Kirsten Armstrong
Long before the White House’s September announcement to move U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Alabama, the city had a well-established space ecosystem anchored by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the Army’s Redstone Arsenal. Its stature and economic impact will continue to grow with plans to invest $175 billion in the Golden Dome missile defense system. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/lunar-water-mapping-satellite-struggles-to-get-into-orbit-due-to-faulty-propulsion-system/ Mon, 02 Jan 2023 13:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45763 The NASA-funded LunaH-Map (Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper) spacecraft, launched on Artemis 1, did not make it into orbit around the moon due to a problem with the propulsion system. Engineers are currently trying to fix thrusters to then try to insert the cubesat into its designated orbit around Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/12/nasa-finalizes-future-artemis-sls-production-with-boeing/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 07:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45462 NASA has signed the US $3.2-billion SLS Stages Production and Evolution Contract with Boeing for the manufacture of the core and upper stages of future Space Launch System (SLS) rockets for the Artemis missions going to the Moon and beyond, NASA said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/second-terran-orbital-developed-lunar-satellite-lunir-launches-successfully/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44873 Satellite-based solutions provider Terran Orbital, successfully launched Moon-mapping satellite, LunIR (Lunar Infrared Imaging). This is the second Terran Orbital-developed lunar satellite to launch this year after CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment). CAPSTONE entered a Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit around the Moon just days ago after its launch in June. Both spacecraft support NASA’s Artemis program.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/nasas-artemis-i-mission-successfully-launches-orion-to-moon/ Wed, 16 Nov 2022 07:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44851 NASA successfully launched Artemis I, comprising its Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, with the uncrewed Orion spacecraft aboard, which is on its way to cislunar orbit as part of the Artemis program, NASA said. During its 25.5-day space trip, Orion will travel approximately 64,000 km beyond the Moon before returning to Earth.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/artemis-i-launch-attempt-scrubbed/ Tue, 30 Aug 2022 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42996 NASA’s launch director halted yesterday’s Artemis I launch attempt after a bleed test to get the RS-25 engines at the bottom of the core stage to the proper liftoff temperature failed, and the team ran out of time in the two-hour launch window. The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft remain in a stable configuration while engineers are evaluating the gathered data, NASA said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/artemis-1-is-to-launch-with-several-payloads-at-the-end-of-the-month/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42824 NASA has rolled out its Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft for the third time to the launch pad to launch the 42-day Artemis 1 mission by early next month. The Agency has started prelaunch preparations, including checking connections, servicing the solid rocket boosters, and program-specific engineering tests.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/space-cafe-radio-artemis-i-episode-ii-with-elkin-norena/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42503 SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and SpaceCafé Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Elkin Norena, SLS resident manager at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, about the SLS, the rocket that will take humanity back to the moon and to Mars. Elkin discusses the Artemis 1 mission and what the agency hopes to learn from this first launch of the SLS rocket.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/artemis-ii-crew-gets-new-transportation-vehicles/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40501 Canoo Technologies is supplying NASA’s Artemis II crew with a new fleet of transportation vehicles that will be used to take the astronauts to Launch Pad 39B for their historic ride aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, NASA announced. The fleet of three vehicles is designed to accommodate the fully suited astronauts, the support team, and their equipment.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/artemis-i-wet-dress-rehearsal-called-off-again/ Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40277 After an earlier issue with delays of gaseous nitrogen supply required for tanking preparations and resolving an issue with malfunctioning fans that caused the first wet dress rehearsal to come to a halt, the second attempt had to be cancelled halfway through as well. The Artemis I team ended Monday's attempt after partially loading liquid oxygen into the Space Launch System’s core stage tank.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/nasa-rolls-sls-to-the-launch-pad-for-the-first-time/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 07:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39986 NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop has rolled out for the first time for a final uncrewed test before the Artemis 1 Moon mission. It took 10 hours and 28 minutes for SLS and Orion to reach the launch pad four miles away from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/nasa-to-perform-countdown-rehearsal-of-sls/ Wed, 16 Mar 2022 07:00:42 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39869 NASA said it was ready to roll out the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket tomorrow for a fueling and countdown rehearsal. The SLS with Orion mounted on it will be transported from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center to Launch Complex 39B. It will take approximately 11 hours  for the spacecraft to reach the pad.]]>