Space Launch System
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space-launch-system-187-6396880
title:
Space Launch System
text:
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 SLS launch was the uncrewed Artemis 1, which took place on 16 November 2022. Development of SLS began in 2011 as a replacement for the retiring Space Shuttle as well as the canceled Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles. SLS was built using e
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encyclopedia
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NASA super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System
date created:
2011-04-02T12:51:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T21:50:34Z
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