NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

SLS

The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American Space Shuttle-derived super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle, which has been under development by NASA in the United States since its announcement in 2011. It has become the primary launch vehicle of NASA's deep space exploration plans including the planned crewed lunar flights of the Artemis program to the Moon and a possible follow-on human mission to Mars.

Missions: 1
Successes: 1
Partial Failures: 0
Failures: 0
Success Streak: 1
Success Rate: 100%
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Configurations

SLS Block 1
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NASA
Status: Active
Price: $876.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 39,440 kN
Payload to LEO: 95,000 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 98.1 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.1 m
Fairing Height: 14.3 m
SLS Block 1B
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NASA
Status: Planned
Price: $876.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 39,440 kN
Payload to LEO: 105,000 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 111.0 m

Launch Sites

LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Launches

NASA
SLS Block 1 | Artemis I
Wed Nov 16, 2022 06:47 UTC
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA