SLS

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expendable launch vehicle rocket family super heavy-lift launch vehicle

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.

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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 →
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 → SLS Block 1B → SLS Block 2 →
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 →
stages	2 →
status	operational →
upperStage	Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage →
upperStageManufacturer	United Launch Alliance →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Space Launch System → Space Launch System →	abbreviation
Space Launch System ("SLS Block 1") → Space Launch System ("SLS Block 2") →	launchVehicleFamily
Artemis I ("SLS Block 1") → Artemis III ("SLS Block 1") →	launchVehicleVariant
Block 1B ("SLS Block 1") → Block 2 ("SLS Block 1") →	successorTo
Block 2 ("SLS Block 1") →	family
Block 1B ("SLS Block 2") →	relatedVehicle
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage ("SLS Block 1") →	usedOnLaunchVehicleVariant