Block 1

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Block 1 is the initial operational configuration of NASA’s Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket, designed to carry the Orion spacecraft and payloads beyond low Earth orbit for early Artemis missions.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Block 1

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 Block 1 (Block 1 is the initial operational configuration of NASA’s Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket, designed to carry the Orion spacecraft and payloads beyond low Earth orbit for early Artemis missions.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Block 1 canonical 2
NDS Block 1 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Launch System configuration ⓘ
expendable launch vehicle configuration ⓘ
agencyProgram NASA Artemis program ⓘ
linked to: Artemis program
capability trans-lunar injection ⓘ
configurationRole initial operational configuration ⓘ
coreStageEngine RS-25 ⓘ
linked to: RS-25D
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designedCrewVehicle Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Orion spacecraft
designedFor beyond low Earth orbit missions ⓘ
designedPayloadDestination cislunar space ⓘ
lunar orbit ⓘ
designedToLaunch Orion spacecraft ⓘ
co-manifested payloads ⓘ
developmentGoal enable early Artemis missions beyond low Earth orbit ⓘ
fairingOrAdapter Orion Stage Adapter ⓘ
linked to: Orion spacecraft
firstFlightDate 2022-11-16 ⓘ
firstFlightMission Artemis I ⓘ
intendedUse crewed deep space missions ⓘ
uncrewed deep space missions ⓘ
launchMassClass heavy-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
manufacturer NASA ⓘ
missionProfile multi-stage expendable launch ⓘ
numberOfCoreEngines 4 ⓘ
numberOfSolidRocketBoosters 2 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
partOf Space Launch System ⓘ
primaryMissionProgram Artemis program ⓘ
program Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate ⓘ
propellantTypeCoreStage liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
propellantTypeUpperStage liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
rocketFamily Space Launch System ⓘ
solidRocketBoosterType five-segment solid rocket booster ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
successorConfiguration Block 1B ⓘ
Block 2 ⓘ
upperStage Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage ⓘ
upperStageAcronym ICPS ⓘ
usesGroundSystem Exploration Ground Systems ⓘ
usesMobileLauncher Mobile Launcher-1 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Space Launch System → configuration → Block 1 ⓘ
subject linked to: SLS
NASA Docking System → hasVersion → NDS Block 1 ⓘ
subject linked to: NDS
linked to: Block 1