Ars Technica

Lawmakers writing NASA’s budget want a cheaper upper stage for the SLS rocket

Not surprisingly, Congress is pushing back against the Trump administration’s proposal to cancel the Space Launch System, the behemoth rocket NASA has developed to propel astronauts back to the Moon.
SpaceNews

House appropriators interested in alternatives to SLS EUS upper stage

The Exploration Upper Stage is intended for use on the Block 1B version of SLS starting with Artemis 4. Credit: NASA LAS VEGAS — House appropriators want NASA to examine alternatives to a new upper ...
NextBigFuture

Boeing Continues Development of Exploration Upper Stage

Boeing is expected to spend 2.8 billion dollars on NASA’s new Exploration Upper Stage (EUS). The EUS will be launched by the Space Launch System Block 1B version of the rocket. Its first flight is ...
Orlando Sentinel

Amid cuts, Trump’s proposed NASA budget would lay waste to new Artemis launch tower

Work for now continues daily at Kennedy Space Center on a new mobile launch tower that has already cost more than $1 billion. But the Artemis moon mission it is intended to serve may never happen if ...
NASASpaceFlight.com

Artemis II stacking and preparations underway even as...Artemis II stacking and preparations underway even as...Artemis II stacking and preparations underway even as SLS faces ...

The SLS program continues with preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon’s vicinity since 1972. Currently scheduled for April 2026, the mission’s date could be moved up to as early as ...