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Bridenstine: NASA Committed to Boeing-Built Space Launch System

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, May 5th, 2020

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Bridenstine: NASA Committed to Boeing-Built Space Launch System

Artist's illustration of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS). Dynamic Concepts performs structural dynamics analysis for the SLS. Photo: NASA.

NASA is not shifting away from the Space Launch System (SLS) that will transport the next generation of American astronauts to the Moon, Adminstrator Jim Bridenstine confirmed May 5, just days after contractor Boeing [BA] and the agency completed a key avionics review of the new shuttle. The Space Launch System is a key component of NASA’s Artemis program to land the next man and first woman on the Moon by 2024. The SLS rocket will transport future astronauts to…

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