When NASA announced the completion of the Space Launch System's critical design review Oct. 22, it also released an updated illustration of the rocket, with the core stage now orange instead of white.

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The powerhouse that will help NASA’s Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The European-built service module that will propel, power and cool during Orion flight to the Moon on ...

While the Artemis Space Launch System (SLS) rocket employs many repurposed Space Shuttle components for its booster, there’s no shuttle as the booster’s payload. Instead, Artemis carries the Orion ...

When the Orion spacecraft blasts off atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, attached will be the ESA-provided service module – the powerhouse that fuels and propels the Orion spacecraft. Orion will ...