Space Launch System

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expendable launch vehicle rocket family super heavy-lift launch vehicle

The Space Launch System is NASA’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts and large payloads beyond low Earth orbit, including missions to the Moon and eventually Mars.

Aliases (9)

Space Launch System program ×4
NASA Space Launch System ×2
Space Launch System Block 1 ×2
Space Launch System Program ×2
SLS core stage ×1
Space Launch System Block 1B ×1
Space Launch System Block 1B crew configuration ×1
Space Launch System core stage ×1
Space Launch System rocket configuration ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expendable launch vehicle → rocket family → super heavy-lift launch vehicle →
abbreviation	SLS →
boosterSegmentsPerBooster	5 →
boosterType	solid rocket booster →
configuration	Block 1 → Block 1B → Block 2 →
coreStageDiameter	8.4 m →
coreStageEngine	RS-25 →
coreStageEngineCount	4 →
coreStageLength	65 m (approximate) →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
derivedFrom	Space Shuttle program technology →
designedFor	Orion spacecraft → deep space exploration →
firstFlight	2022-11-16 →
firstFlightLaunchSite	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B →
firstFlightMission	Artemis I →
height	111 m (Block 1B, approximate) → 98 m (Block 1) →
intendedCrewVehicle	Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle →
intendedDestination	Mars → Moon → cislunar space →
launchComplex	LC-39B →
launchMass	about 2,600,000 kg (Block 1) →
launchSite	Kennedy Space Center →
legalOrigin	NASA Authorization Act of 2010 →
manufacturer	Aerojet Rocketdyne → Boeing → Northrop Grumman → United Launch Alliance →
missionProfile	deep space cargo delivery → trans-lunar injection →
operator	NASA →
partOfProgram	Artemis program →
payloadToLEO	105,000 kg (Block 1B, approximate) → 95,000 kg (Block 1, approximate) →
payloadToTLI	27,000 kg (Block 1, approximate) →
primaryMission	Mars precursor missions → crew missions beyond low Earth orbit → lunar missions →
programStart	2011 →
propellant	ammonium perchlorate composite propellant → liquid hydrogen → liquid oxygen →
spaceAgency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration →
status	operational →
upperStage	Exploration Upper Stage → Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage →

Referenced by (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Artemis I → Artemis III → Artemis IV → Exploration Upper Stage ("Space Launch System Block 1B crew configuration") → Lunar Gateway → Orion spacecraft →	launchVehicle
Block 1 → Block 1B → Block 2 → Exploration Upper Stage →	partOf
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B → LC-39B →	reconfiguredFor
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B → Launch Operations Center →	supportsLaunchVehicle
Aerojet Rocketdyne ("NASA Space Launch System") → Stennis Space Center ("Space Launch System program") →	supportsProgram
Artemis II ("Space Launch System Block 1") → Artemis program →	usesLaunchVehicle
Vehicle Assembly Building ("Space Launch System rocket configuration") →	adaptedFor
Artemis program ("Space Launch System Block 1") →	ArtemisILaunchVehicle
Artemis program ("Space Launch System Block 1B") →	ArtemisIVUses
LC-39B →	designedFor
NASA →	developed
NASA Space Shuttle program ("Space Launch System program") →	followedBy
Marshall Space Flight Center ("Space Launch System Program") →	hasProgram
Space Shuttle Main Engines →	heritageProgram
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage ("NASA Space Launch System") →	launchVehicleFamily
NASA Authorization Act of 2010 →	mandatesDevelopmentOf
Boeing ("Space Launch System core stage") →	notableProgram
A-2 Test Stand ("Space Launch System Program") →	partOfProgram
Exploration Upper Stage ("Space Launch System program") →	relatedProgram
NASA Authorization Act of 2010 ("Space Launch System program") →	relatesToProgram
Marshall Space Flight Center →	responsibleFor
Block 1 →	rocketFamily
Saturn V →	successor
LC-39B →	supportedVehicle
Stennis Space Center ("SLS core stage") →	testedEngineType
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage →	usedOnLaunchVehicle