NASA encouraged by SLS countdown rehearsal Original Publication Date: 2022-06-22 11:50:01+00:00 NASA officials say they met most, but not all, of the objectives in a countdown rehearsal. The test was cut short because of a leak in a bleed line that takes hydrogen away from the vehicle. “It was ...

Astra launch of NASA TROPICS cubesats fails Original Publication Date: 2022-06-12 19:02:19+00:00 Astra's Rocket 3.3 vehicle, designated LV0010, lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:43 p.m. Eastern. The launch was the first of three for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure ...

NASA audit reveals massive overruns in SLS mobile launch platform Original Publication Date: 2022-06-09 19:53:07+00:00 A new mobile launch platform that Bechtel is building for NASA will cost up to four times as much as originally planned. Mobile Launcher (ML) 2 will be used for launches of the ...