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.

All labels observed (3)

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

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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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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