SLS

The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle in development by NASA. As the primary launch vehicle of the Artemis Moon landing program, SLS is designed to launch the crewed Orion spacecraft on a trans-lunar trajectory.

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Saving Gateway, SLS and Orion? Sen. Ted Cruz proposes $10 billion more for NASA's moon and Mars efforts

Senate response to White House budget for NASA: Keep SLS, nix science

If Congress actually cancels the SLS rocket, what happens next?

White House budget proposal would phase out SLS and Orion, scale back ISS operations

The White House has released its top-level ("skinny") budget proposal for FY2026. For NASA, that includes previously reported deep science cuts, ending SLS and Orion after Artemis 3, and scaling back ISS operations.

NASA completes SLS core stage stacking for Artemis 2 moon mission (photos)

Long-time advocate of SLS rocket says it’s time to find an “off-ramp”

Maybe NASA’s SLS should be cancelled – but not by Elon Musk

SLS could launch a Titan balloon mission | Boeing engineers proposed a design akin to a "traditional blimp" filled with helium and two ballast tanks, equipped with RADAR/LIDAR systems and atmospheric sensors. The team expects such a balloon to last in Titan's atmosphere for years.

SLS Could Launch A Titan Balloon Mission

(Berger Article re Issacman) No final decisions, but a tentative deal is in place with lawmakers to end [SLS] in exchange for moving USSPACECOM to Huntsville

NASA’s SLS Faces Potential Cancellation as Starship Gains Favor in Artemis Program

Casey Handmer: SLS is still a national disgrace

NASA Inspector General issues harsh report on delayed SLS mobile launcher project

NASA has to be trolling with the latest cost estimate of its SLS launch tower

SLS contract extension hints at additional Artemis delays

Boeing working towards first SLS Core Stage final assembly at KSC - NASASpaceFlight.com

Moonbound Majesty: Astronauts’ Inside Look at SLS, the Engine of Artemis Dreams