New SLS Upper Stage Will Have ‘Kits’ For Flexibility

Credit: NASA
MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, Alabama—NASA and Boeing kicked off negotiations this week on a contract for the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS), a four-engine upgrade designed to take the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) from a 70-ton lift capability to 105 tons on its second flight as early as 2021...

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