The VAB does not feature in SpaceX's plans though. While it hosted the Space Shuttle after that final Saturn rocket rolled out, its future is all about the SLS.

"Passing this mission milestone means that Dragonfly's mission design, fabrication, integration and test plans are all ...

At a glance, the rocket will have a classic profile, reminiscent of a launcher even older than the space shuttle: the Saturn V. Like Saturn, each SLS booster will fly just once, then be discarded.

And that was all more or less settled until last week when the two US senators from Texas, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, filed ...

it's basically impossible to hide a rocket launch, particularly the launch of a space shuttle. Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Journalists covering the space program before the ...