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The planned evolution of the Space Launch System, the primary launch vehicle for Orion. The Space Launch System (SLS) is a United States super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle, which has been under development since its announcement in 2011. The SLS is the main Earth-launch vehicle of the Artemis lunar program, as of March 2021.
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 ...
Emblem of the Artemis program. The Artemis program is a human spaceflight program by the United States.The Artemis program is intended to reestablish a human presence on the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972; mid-term objectives include establishing an international expedition team, and a sustainable human presence on the Moon.
The Artemis program has made noteworthy progress, including Orion's 2022 uncrewed launch atop NASA's giant Space Launch System (SLS), but also has experienced various delays and rising costs.
The reasoning behind the delay was credited to issues with the Orion spacecraft heat shield during Artemis I, which was an uncrewed mission to the moon that launched from NASA's Kennedy Space ...
The Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis II mission is currently being stacked at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where it will be integrated with the Orion spacecraft.
The Artemis II mission plan is to send four astronauts in the first crewed Orion spacecraft into a lunar flyby using the Block 1 variant of the Space Launch System. The mission profile is a multi- trans-lunar injection (MTLI), or multiple departure burns, and includes a free-return trajectory from the Moon.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA put on a light show and shook the Earth sending the Artemis I mission on a record-breaking launch from Kennedy Space Center early Wednesday morning. The sky turned ...