Launch vehicle · NASA
Space Launch System (SLS)
Also known as SLS
RocketsSuper heavy-lift
Imagery
Artemis I Space Launch System
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
2022
NASA/Marshall · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
NASA's super heavy-lift rocket for the Artemis program, which launched the uncrewed Artemis I around the Moon in 2022.
Components & hardware
Knowledge connections
- Operated byNASA
- LaunchedArtemis I
- ReplacedSaturn V
- Member of familySpace Launch System
- Part of programArtemis program
- Launched fromLaunch Complex 39B
- Has stageSLS Core Stage
- Has stageSLS Solid Rocket Booster
- Derived fromSpace Shuttle
- Powered byRS-25
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.