Artemis

July 22, 2024, Detroit, MI – U.S. Senator Gary Peters and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, accompanied by Lakiesha Hawkins, Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator of the Moon to Mars Program Office, recently visited Futuramic in Detroit. Their visit highlighted the significant role Michigan’s thriving aerospace sector plays in bolstering American space...

NASA achieved a major milestone in the Artemis V mission with the successful manufacturing of the Y-ring at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The Y-ring, a critical component of the evolved Block 1B configuration of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, will form a portion of the core...

Recently, a test version of the universal stage adapter for NASA’s upgraded version of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has arrived at Building 4619, located in Huntsville, Alabama. This adapter plays a crucial role in connecting the rocket’s enhanced in-space propulsion stage, known as the exploration upper stage, to...

In a remarkable display of collaborative innovation, SpaceX and NASA achieved significant milestones in their joint endeavor towards advancing space exploration. On March 14, 2024, SpaceX launched the third integrated flight test of its Super Heavy booster and Starship spacecraft from Starbase in Texas. Simultaneously, NASA, as part of its...

Futuramic, a key contributor to space exploration endeavors, proudly supports Northrop Grumman in its groundbreaking Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) project. Northrop Grumman Corporation, a leader in aerospace innovation, has recently achieved a significant milestone by completing the first BOLE motor segment for the next-generation Space Launch System (SLS)...

ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Successfully Launches Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander with Blue Origin’s BE-4 Engines In the early hours of January 8th, 2024, history was made at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as United Launch Alliance (ULA) embarked on a pioneering journey with the debut launch of its revolutionary Vulcan Centaur rocket....

NASA‘s Artemis program continues its forward march as technicians at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans meticulously move the core stage’s liquid hydrogen tank to a priming cell near the Vertical Assembly Building. This crucial step in the preparation for the Artemis III mission involves surface treatment by sanding...

NASA‘s Artemis program continues its forward march as technicians at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans meticulously move the core stage’s liquid hydrogen tank to a priming cell near the Vertical Assembly Building. This crucial step in the preparation for the Artemis III mission involves surface treatment by sanding...

Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility have achieved a significant milestone in the production of the advanced upper stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Recently completing a major portion of a weld confidence article, the hardware, constituting the liquid oxygen tank for the SLS rocket’s exploration upper stage,...