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Space Launch System
Space Launch System is explored here through 1 archived mission, from Artemis I through Artemis I, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.
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Space Launch System spacecraft
1 mission-specific spacecraft and test articles, plus 7 launch systems and shared hardware records.
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High-capacity cryogenic upper stageExploration Upper Stage
The Exploration Upper Stage was Boeing's larger four-engine upper stage for the proposed SLS Block 1B and Block 2 upgrades.
Cryogenic in-space upper stageInterim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage
The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage is the restartable in-space upper stage of SLS Block 1.
Crew exploration spacecraftNovember 16, 2022Orion spacecraft
Orion is NASA's human-rated deep-space spacecraft for Artemis.
Cryogenic launch-vehicle core stageSLS Core Stage
The SLS Core Stage is the structural and liquid-propellant backbone of the Artemis launch vehicle.
Mobile launch platform and umbilical towerMobile Launcher 1
Mobile Launcher 1 is the moving steel launch base and umbilical tower used to assemble, test, service, roll out, and launch the opening Space Launch System and Orion missions.
Super heavy-lift launch vehicleSpace Launch System
NASA's Space Launch System is the super heavy-lift rocket at the Earth-departure end of the Artemis architecture.
Five-segment solid-propellant launch boosterSLS Five-Segment Solid Rocket Booster
Two Northrop Grumman five-segment solid rocket boosters provide most of the Space Launch System's liftoff thrust.
Liquid-hydrogen staged-combustion rocket engineSLS RS-25 Core Stage Engine
Four RS-25 engines power each Space Launch System core stage for roughly the first eight minutes of an Artemis launch.