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NASA's former second-in-command is once again warning that the public may be in for some major surprises with the SLS launch next week.

Former NASA Official: Moon Launch This Month May Be “Embarrassing”

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has announced that the Artemis 1 will contain living yeast samples that will be dropped off on the Moon later this month — surely nothing can go wrong!

NASA’s Moon Mission This Month Will Shoot a Probe Containing Life into Deep Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

Almost immediately after the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex made Artemis 1 Moon misson launch tickets available to the public, the website crashed.

Website Selling Moon Mission Launch Tickets Crashed Almost Immediately

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

There was a time during the first Obama administration that people in the US government believed we could get to the moon without the help of billionaires.

How NASA Got Price Gouged on the SLS, According to Its Former Second-in-Command

By Noor Al-Sibai

During a crucial Artemis 1 take-off test, the NASA's seemingly doomed Space Launch System sprung a leak in a hydrogen fuel valve.

NASA’s Super Expensive Mega Moon Rocket Starts Leaking During Test

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's Office of Inspector General has released the final audit of the agency's efforts to build the Mobile Launcher 2 — and it doesn't pull any punches.

Scathing Report Admits NASA Is Years Behind Moon Landing Schedule

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's development of its SLS has been mired in budget overruns and many years of delays, costing it tens of billions of dollars over the last eleven years.

Something Very Bad Might Be About to Go Down at NASA

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has made the unprecedented decision to conduct a major test of its Space Launch System (SLS) without any press in attendance.

Journalists Slam NASA for Lack of Transparency Behind Moon Rocket Prelaunch

By Noor Al-Sibai

When you look into the void, the void, inevitably, also looks back at you.

NASA’s New Moon Rocket Is So Huge You Can See It from Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is finally ready to roll out the first rocket designed to return the first astronauts to the Moon since the 1970s.

NASA Is Finally Rolling Its Giant Moon Rocket Out to the Launch Pad

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's plans to return astronauts to the Moon are turning out to be an absolute disaster, according to today's status update.

NASA Descends Into Chaos as Moon Program Revealed to Be Way Behind, Over Budget

By Victor Tangermann

Meet Breanne Rohloff, an engineer for NASA contractor Jacobs who moves rockets around at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in a giant crawler.

Meet the 24-Year-Old Who Drives NASA Rockets to the Launch Pad in a 6.5 Million Pound Crawler

By Jennifer Walter

NASA is once again having to delay the launch of its mega-expensive SLS Rocket at the heart of its forthcoming Artemis 1 mission because of a testing glitch.

NASA’s Absurdly Expensive SLS Megarocket Is Broken Again

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is turning to the private industry to keep the doomed and Moon-bound Space Launch System alive — and for the next 30 year or so.

NASA Begs Companies to Clone Its Super-Expensive Moon Rocket for Cheap

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's SLS rocket and Orion are still undergoing tests that were supposed to finish earlier this Summer. Now the agency is blaming the pandemic.

NASA Source: No Way Artemis Moon Mission Is Launching This Year

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Space Launch System may well be the agency's last class of rocket that NASA will ever build, according to a new The New York Times essay.

The SLS Is Probably the Last Rocket NASA Will Ever Build

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver believes that the agency's extremely expensive and overdue Space Launch System isn't worth it anymore.

Former NASA Leader Says SpaceX Should Build NASA’s Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and SpaceX are developing duelling spacecraft for crewed missions to other worlds, and so far NASA sees no reason to change gears.

The Head of NASA Says He’s Not Quite Sure About SpaceX’s Starship

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has to prematurely shut down a critical "hot fire" test of the engines meant to one day carry the Orion spacecraft to the Moon.

NASA Bungles Critical Engine Test For New Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has powered up the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy lift rocket that's meant to one day allow Americans to return to the Moon.

NASA Is Gassing Up Its Big, Pricy Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has started stacking booster segments of its first heavy-lift Space Launch System at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA Is Officially Assembling the SLS in Florida

By Victor Tangermann

Northrop Grumman just ignited a booster for NASA's long-awaited Space Launch System (SLS). The ensuing fireball was so huge, it lit a nearby hill on fire.

NASA Tests Rocket So Huge It Lights Entire Hillside on Fire

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing staff in Mississippi just powered up the core stage of the super-heavy-duty Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that it's building for NASA.

Boeing Just Powered Up NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Ever

By Jon Christian

After many years of delay, NASA has finally shown off its Space Launch System (SLS) that aims to ferry American astronauts to the Moon as soon as 2024.

After Years of Delays, NASA Unveils Its Most Powerful Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing just sent NASA its proposal for a crewed lunar lander that could ferry astronauts to the Moon by 2024 via NASA's planned "Lunar Gateway."

Here’s How Boeing is Planning to Get Astronauts to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine suggested NASA might use a commercial rocket to boost its Orion crew capsule around the Moon in 2020.

NASA Might Send Astronauts Around the Moon on Commercial Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Wants Its Deep Space Gateway Habitat To Orbit The Moon By 2024

NASA Wants Its Deep Space Gateway Habitat To Orbit The Moon By 2024

By Victor Tangermann

How Does NASA’s New Mega-Rocket Compare to the Falcon Heavy?

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA’s Megarocket Reaches Another Milestone, Aces 3rd Test

NASA’s Megarocket Reaches Another Milestone, Aces 3rd Test

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NASA Is Building Our Rocket to Mars, and It’s the Biggest One Ever

By Jelor Gallego

NASA Successfully Tests Most Powerful Rocket Booster Ever Made

NASA Successfully Tests Most Powerful Rocket Booster Ever Made

By Jelor Gallego