SLS

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SLS is NASA’s heavy-lift, super-heavy rocket designed to carry astronauts and large payloads beyond low Earth orbit, including missions to the Moon and eventually Mars.

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AI-generated illustration of SLS

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of SLS (SLS is NASA’s heavy-lift, super-heavy rocket designed to carry astronauts and large payloads beyond low Earth orbit, including missions to the Moon and eventually Mars.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
SLS Block 1 8
SLS canonical 2
SLS Block 2 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle ⓘ
rocket family ⓘ
super heavy-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
abbreviation SLS ⓘ
boosterManufacturer Northrop Grumman ⓘ
boosterSegments 5-segment ⓘ
boosterType solid rocket booster ⓘ
configuration Block 1 ⓘ
Block 1B ⓘ
Block 2 ⓘ
coreStageEngine RS-25 ⓘ
linked to: RS-25D
coreStageEngineOrigin Space Shuttle Main Engine ⓘ
coreStageManufacturer Boeing ⓘ
coreStagePropellant liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designedForDestination Mars ⓘ
Moon ⓘ
designedForMission Artemis I ⓘ
Artemis II ⓘ
Artemis III ⓘ
designedPayloadToLowEarthOrbit over 95 metric tons (Block 1) ⓘ
up to 130 metric tons (Block 2, planned) ⓘ
designedPayloadToLunarOrbit about 27 metric tons (Block 1) ⓘ
about 38–42 metric tons (Block 1B, crew and cargo variants) ⓘ
designedToLaunch Orion spacecraft ⓘ
large cargo payloads ⓘ
developmentStart 2011 ⓘ
family Artemis launch vehicles ⓘ
firstFlight 2022-11-16 ⓘ
firstFlightMission Artemis I ⓘ
height approximately 98 meters (Block 1) ⓘ
launchEscapeSystem Orion Launch Abort System ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
launchVehicleFamily SLS Block 1 ⓘ
linked to: SLS

SLS Block 1B ⓘ
SLS Block 2 ⓘ
linked to: SLS
legalOrigin NASA Authorization Act of 2010 ⓘ
liftoffMass approximately 2600 metric tons (Block 1) ⓘ
liftoffThrust approximately 39 MN (Block 1) ⓘ
manufacturer NASA ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
plannedUpperStage Exploration Upper Stage ⓘ
primaryUser NASA ⓘ
program Artemis program ⓘ
purpose cargo transport beyond low Earth orbit ⓘ
crewed deep space exploration ⓘ
relatedToProgram Constellation program ⓘ
replaces Ares V (cancelled) ⓘ
spaceAgency National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ
linked to: NASA
stages 2 ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
upperStage Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage ⓘ
upperStageManufacturer United Launch Alliance ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Block 1B → successorTo → SLS Block 1 ⓘ
linked to: SLS
Block 1B → relatedVehicle → SLS Block 2 ⓘ
linked to: SLS
Artemis I → launchVehicleVariant → SLS Block 1 ⓘ
linked to: SLS
Artemis III → launchVehicleVariant → SLS Block 1 ⓘ
linked to: SLS
Block 2 → family → SLS Block 1 ⓘ
linked to: SLS
Block 2 → successorTo → SLS Block 1 ⓘ
linked to: SLS
Space Launch System → abbreviation → SLS ⓘ
subject linked to: SLS
Space Launch System → launchVehicleFamily → SLS Block 1 ⓘ
subject linked to: SLS
linked to: SLS
Space Launch System → launchVehicleFamily → SLS Block 2 ⓘ
subject linked to: SLS
linked to: SLS
ArgoMoon → launchVehicleVariant → SLS Block 1 ⓘ
subject linked to: ArgoMoon CubeSat
linked to: SLS