Space Launch System

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The Space Launch System is NASA’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts and large payloads beyond low Earth orbit, including missions to the Moon and eventually Mars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle
rocket family
super heavy-lift launch vehicle
abbreviation SLS
boosterSegmentsPerBooster 5
boosterType solid rocket booster
configuration Block 1
Block 1B
Block 2
coreStageDiameter 8.4 m
coreStageEngine RS-25
coreStageEngineCount 4
coreStageLength 65 m (approximate)
countryOfOrigin United States
derivedFrom Space Shuttle program technology
designedFor Orion spacecraft
deep space exploration
firstFlight 2022-11-16
firstFlightLaunchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
firstFlightMission Artemis I
height 111 m (Block 1B, approximate)
98 m (Block 1)
intendedCrewVehicle Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
linked to: Orion spacecraft
intendedDestination Mars
Moon
cislunar space
launchComplex LC-39B
launchMass about 2,600,000 kg (Block 1)
launchSite Kennedy Space Center
legalOrigin NASA Authorization Act of 2010
manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne
Boeing
Northrop Grumman
United Launch Alliance
missionProfile deep space cargo delivery
trans-lunar injection
operator NASA
partOfProgram Artemis program
payloadToLEO 105,000 kg (Block 1B, approximate)
95,000 kg (Block 1, approximate)
payloadToTLI 27,000 kg (Block 1, approximate)
primaryMission Mars precursor missions
crew missions beyond low Earth orbit
lunar missions
programStart 2011
propellant ammonium perchlorate composite propellant
liquid hydrogen
liquid oxygen
spaceAgency National Aeronautics and Space Administration
linked to: NASA
status operational
upperStage Exploration Upper Stage
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage

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NASA developed Space Launch System
Boeing notableProgram Space Launch System core stage
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NASA Space Shuttle program followedBy Space Launch System program
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Artemis program usesLaunchVehicle Space Launch System
Artemis program ArtemisILaunchVehicle Space Launch System Block 1
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Artemis program ArtemisIVUses Space Launch System Block 1B
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Stennis Space Center testedEngineType SLS core stage
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Stennis Space Center supportsProgram Space Launch System program
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Saturn V successor Space Launch System
Marshall Space Flight Center responsibleFor Space Launch System
Marshall Space Flight Center hasProgram Space Launch System Program
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Space Shuttle Main Engines heritageProgram Space Launch System
LC-39B designedFor Space Launch System
LC-39B supportedVehicle Space Launch System
LC-39B reconfiguredFor Space Launch System
Orion spacecraft launchVehicle Space Launch System
Artemis II usesLaunchVehicle Space Launch System Block 1
linked to: Space Launch System
Block 1B partOf Space Launch System
Artemis I launchVehicle Space Launch System
Artemis III launchVehicle Space Launch System
Aerojet Rocketdyne supportsProgram NASA Space Launch System
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Block 2 partOf Space Launch System
Artemis IV launchVehicle Space Launch System
Launch Operations Center supportsLaunchVehicle Space Launch System
Vehicle Assembly Building adaptedFor Space Launch System rocket configuration
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Lunar Gateway launchVehicle Space Launch System
Block 1 partOf Space Launch System
Block 1 rocketFamily Space Launch System
NASA Authorization Act of 2010 relatesToProgram Space Launch System program
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Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage launchVehicleFamily NASA Space Launch System
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Exploration Upper Stage partOf Space Launch System
Exploration Upper Stage launchVehicle Space Launch System Block 1B crew configuration
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Exploration Upper Stage relatedProgram Space Launch System program
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A-2 Test Stand partOfProgram Space Launch System Program
linked to: Space Launch System
Boeing Defense, Space & Security notableProduct Space Launch System core stage
linked to: Space Launch System
crawler-transporter usedForVehicle Space Launch System
Launch Pad 39B usedForRocket Space Launch System
subject linked to: Launch pads 39A and 39B
RS-25D usedOn Space Launch System core stage
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RS-25D adaptedFor Space Launch System Block 1 core stage
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Constellation program successorProgram Space Launch System program
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Exploration Ground Systems Program collaboratesWith Space Launch System Program
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NASA usesLaunchVehicle Space Launch System
subject linked to: NASA and SpaceX
BioSentinel CubeSat launchVehicle Space Launch System
NEA Scout launchVehicle Space Launch System Block 1
subject linked to: NEA Scout CubeSat
linked to: Space Launch System
OMOTENASHI CubeSat launchVehicle Space Launch System Block 1
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CuSP CubeSat launchVehicle Space Launch System