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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
SLS Block 1	8
SLS canonical	2
SLS Block 2	2

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expendable launch vehicle ⓘ rocket family ⓘ super heavy-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
abbreviation	SLS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
boosterManufacturer	Northrop Grumman ⓘ
boosterSegments	5-segment ⓘ
boosterType	solid rocket booster ⓘ
configuration	Block 1 ⓘ Block 1B ⓘ Block 2 ⓘ
coreStageEngine	RS-25D ⓘ surface form: RS-25
coreStageEngineOrigin	Space Shuttle Main Engines ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle Main Engine
coreStageManufacturer	Boeing ⓘ
coreStagePropellant	liquid hydrogen ⓘ liquid oxygen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SLS Block 1 taller than SLS Block 1 ⓘ surface form: SLS Block 1B SLS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
stages	2 ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
upperStage	Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage ⓘ
upperStageManufacturer	United Launch Alliance ⓘ