:

Space

First Core Stage for Space Launch System for NASA Artemis Missions Arrives in Florida

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, April 29th, 2021

SHARE:

First Core Stage for Space Launch System for NASA Artemis Missions Arrives in Florida

The first core stage of Boeing's Space Launch System (SLS) arrives at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Apr. 29 (Boeing Photo)

Boeing's [BA] first core stage for the NASA Space Launch System (SLS) arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Apr. 29, the company said. The 212-foot core stage will be stacked with a Boeing/United Launch Alliance (ULA) Interim Cryogenic Upper Stage, two solid rocket boosters, a Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter, and the Orion spacecraft. ULA is a partnership between Boeing and Lockheed Martin [LMT]. This year, SLS is to launch Orion on the Artemis I uncrewed mission…

HII Executive Outlines Its Shipbuilding Acceleration Strategy

An HII [HII] shipbuilding executive last week told lawmakers how the company plans to improve and accelerate shipbuilding throughout via workforce improvements, adding new shipbuilding infrastructure and reinforcing distributed shipbuilding […]

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]