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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 (and so far only) SLS launch was the uncrewed Artemis I, which took place on 16 ...
Falcon 9 Block 5, the most prolific active orbital launch system in the world. This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all current and future individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. A first list contains rockets that are operational or have attempted an orbital flight attempt as of 2024; a second list ...
ISRO's launch vehicles. Left to right: SLV, ASLV, PSLV, GSLV, LVM3 RLV Human Rated Launch Vehicle (HRLV) Vikram series, the under development orbital class launch family of Skyroot Aerospace in comparison with already flown Vikram S, the sounding rocket ISRO/DoS systems. SLV-3 – Retired; Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) – Retired
The joint NASA-ESA Titan Saturn System Mission proposal envisioned the SLS as an option for launch. [26] [27] On 10 February 2021, it was announced that Europa Clipper would not launch aboard an SLS. [28] In July 2021, NASA booked a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch for Europa Clipper at a price of $178 million. [29]
The related article "Comparison of orbital launch systems" lists each individual launcher system within any given launcher family, categorized by its current operational status. This article does not include suborbital launches (i.e. flights which were not intended to reach LEO or VLEO).
List of Space Launch System launches; R. RL10; S. RS-25 This page was last edited on 20 March 2018, at 02:40 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Space Launch System (SLS) is a US government super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle developed by NASA and launched its first mission on 16 November 2022. It is slated to be the primary launch vehicle for NASA 's deep space exploration plans, [ 17 ] [ 18 ] including the planned crewed lunar flights of the Artemis program and a possible ...
The Space Launch System core stage, or simply core stage, is the main stage of the American Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, built by The Boeing Company in the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility. At 65 m (212 ft) tall and 8.4 m (27.6 ft) in diameter, the core stage contains approximately 987 t (2,177,000 lb) of its liquid hydrogen and liquid ...