Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

NASA is inching closer to the commencement of a new chapter in lunar exploration, with its Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion capsule now declared "go" for launch. The call was made following a ...

A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.

Countdown clocks began ticking Saturday for the maiden launch of NASA new Space Launch System rocket Monday on a long-awaited mission to send an unpiloted Orion crew capsule around the moon and back.

The astronauts assigned to NASA’s next trip around the Moon have now lived through launch day in everything but the roar of ignition. In a tightly scripted rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center, the ...

NASA has begun the countdown for the launch of its brand new mega moon rocket, the Space Launch System, marking the start of the uncrewed Artemis I mission to the moon. The launch, scheduled for ...

CAPE CANAVERAL—After more than 30 countdown simulations, two core-stage Green Run static engine firings and four launchpad wet dress rehearsals, countdown clocks at Kennedy Space Center were scheduled ...

After a second scrubbed countdown test April 4, NASA will wait until after a crewed SpaceX launch April 8 before trying again. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky COLORADO SPRINGS — After a series of problems ...

CAPE CANAVERAL -- The two-day countdown to launch of NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket began as scheduled on Aug. 27, with no technical issues and a 70% chance of acceptable weather for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The core stage of ...

NASA began the countdown for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115 at noon EDT Thursday, Aug. 24, at the T-43 hour point. During this mission, Atlantis’ crew will resume the ...