Space Launch System

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Artemis I on its launchpad

Space Launch System

launch vehicle

Also known as: SLS

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Artemis
The Space Launch System (SLS) is one of the largest and most powerful rockets ever built. Its central stage is powered by four liquid-hydrogen–liquid-oxygen engines. Flanking the central stage are two solid rocket boosters that would fall away two minutes after launch. The central stage would…
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The Space Launch System (SLS) is one of the largest and most powerful rockets ever built. Its central stage is powered by four liquid-hydrogen–liquid-oxygen engines. Flanking the central stage are two solid rocket boosters that would fall away two minutes after launch. The central stage would…
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Artemis II
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…II was launched on the Space Launch System (SLS), one of the largest and most powerful rockets ever built, from a pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the evening April 1. The central stage of the SLS was powered by four liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen engines. Flanking the…
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…II was launched on the Space Launch System (SLS), one of the largest and most powerful rockets ever built, from a pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the evening April 1. The central stage of the SLS was powered by four liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen engines. Flanking the…
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