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The
Space Launch System
(
SLS
) is a
NASA
rocket
.
[1]
[2]
It is a super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
[1]
[2]
It is the second most powerful rocket ever built, less powerful than
Starship
.
[1]
The SLS is a replacement for the retired
Space Shuttle
.
[1]
Many parts are modified versions of parts designed for the Space Shuttle. Others are new designs.
The first
crewed
(carrying people) flight will be no earlier than November 2024. The planned flight is
Artemis 3
.
The Space Launch System comes in many different types meant to launch different kinds of missions.
The least powerful kind of the SLS is the Block 1. The core stage will use the parts of the
Space Shuttle External Tank
. It will also use four
Space Shuttle Main Engines
. The rocket boosters are connected to the sides are the 5-segment
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters
. The top stage will use is the
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage
(ICPS).
Block 1B is similar to the Block 1. The top stage will change with
Exploration Upper Stage
(EUS). A crew version and a cargo version will be made.
Block 2 is similar to Block 1B. The 5-segment SRBs will be changed with advanced boosters.
- ↑
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
"NASA unveils super rocket",
BBC Focus Magazine
, no. 235, Bristol Magazines, p. 17, November 2011
- ↑
2.0
2.1
"NASA unveils mega rocket",
How it Works
, no. 26, Imagine Publishing, pp. 6?7, 2011-10-06
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