NASA Decides Not To Fly Crew On First SLS Mission

Credit: Orion concept: ESA
A NASA review team has concluded it will be too risky and costly to put a crew on the first flight of the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS), after the agency suggested a study of the idea to the incoming administration of President Donald Trump. Ongoing delays in the Orion crew capsule and...

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