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NASA Taps Boeing for Production of Future SLS Rockets

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Tom Patton
Dec 13, 2022
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NASA has finalized its contract with Boeing of Huntsville, Alabama, for approximately $3.2 billion to continue manufacturing core and upper stages for future Space Launch System (SLS) rockets for Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond.

“The SLS core stage is the backbone of NASA’s Moon rocket, producing more than 2 million pounds of thrust at launch, an…

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