The SLS is the main Earth-launch vehicle of the Artemis lunar program, as of March 2021. NASA is required by the U.S. Congress to use SLS Block 1, which will be powerful enough to lift a payload of 95 metric tons (209,000 lb) to low Earth orbit (LEO), and will launch Artemis I , …

Dec 5, 2024 · The Artemis II flight test will be NASA’s first mission with crew aboard the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft and will pave the way to land the first woman on the Moon on Artemis III.

The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used by NASA. As the primary launch vehicle of the Artemis Moon landing program, SLS is designed to launch the crewed Orion spacecraft on a trans-lunar trajectory. The first (and so far only) SLS launch was the uncrewed Artemis I, which took place on 16 ...

4 days ago · Petro has been urging the White House to allow NASA to fly the Artemis II and Artemis III missions using the initial version of the SLS rocket before the program is canceled.

Oct 7, 2024 · Combining power and capability, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is part of NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration and Artemis. SLS is the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and cargo directly to the Moon in a single launch.

NASA’s Space Launch System is the only rocket capable of carrying crew and large cargo to deep space in a single launch. Powered by the Boeing-built Core Stage, SLS successfully launched as part of the Artemis I Mission on November 16, 2022.

Nov 16, 2022 · Artemis I was the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Deep Space Exploration Systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the upgraded Exploration Ground Systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

It was the first integrated flight test of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, [ note 1 ] and its main objective was to test the Orion spacecraft, especially its heat shield, [ 10 ] in preparation for subsequent Artemis missions.

1 day ago · The SLS rocket plays a key role in the Artemis moon program, the agency said. NASA responded to news that Boeing aims to lay off up to 400 workers from its Space Launch System program.

Artemis I was the first integrated flight of the agency’s new super heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), and the next-generation spacecraft for astronauts, Orion. The mission sent an uncrewed Orion spacecraft into a distant retrograde orbit about the Moon.