NASA Approves Initial Space Launch System Design

Credit: NASA
Top NASA managers have cleared development of the agency’s heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) to proceed toward its first flight, now scheduled for 2018, after a critical design review (CDR) of its Block 1 configuration. Manufacturing and testing is underway on the main components of the Saturn V...

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