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NASA just picked a new upper stage for its SLS moon rocket amid Artemis shakeup

By Josh Dinner Published 10 March 26

NASA has wasted no time in selecting the vehicle that will replace the upper stage on its new plans for a standardized Space Launch System rocket.

NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.

By Josh Dinner Published 6 March 26

A big restructuring of NASA's plans to land astronauts on the moon is adding missions and speeding up the timeline, but some hardware might have to be cut loose in the process.

NASA is overhauling its Artemis program. What does that mean for humanity's return to the moon?

By Josh Dinner Published 4 March 26

In a major shakeup of the Artemis program, NASA is adding more missions to its timeline to land astronauts on the moon in 2028.

'Pushing this competition': SpaceX's Starship might not fly on NASA's newly revamped Artemis 3 mission

By Mike Wall Published 28 February 26

NASA's Artemis 3 mission will no longer land astronauts on the moon — and it might not involve SpaceX's Starship megarocket, either.

NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts won't land on the moon after all. 'This is just not the right pathway forward.'

By Josh Dinner Published 27 February 26

NASA is changing its plans to return astronauts to the moon, and redrawing the architecture for how the Artemis missions will look moving forward.

Boeing Plans Changes for Upper Stages NASA's Space Launch System Megarocket

By Jeff Foust Published 15 October 18

With NASA's decision to continue using an interim upper stage for additional flights of the Space Launch System, Boeing is working on changes to both that stage and a more powerful upper stage.