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The road to NASA's Artemis 1 SLS megarocket moon launch pad - Space.com

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it is rolled up the ramp at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at NASA’s ...
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No, seriously, NASA’s Space Launch System is ready to take flight

NASA's Space Launch System rocket, reflected in the turn basin at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, rolls out for a fourth attempt at a wet dress rehearsal on June 6, 2022. Credit: Trevor ...
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NASA’s deep space launch system is ‘coming together’ - BGR

That’s where the Space Launch System, or SLS, comes in. The SLS is NASA’s big bet on deep space travel, and the colossal launch vehicle will give NASA the power to send manned missions back to ...
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NASA beefing up SLS moon rocket for its Artemis program | Space

Here’s how it works. The launch of the Artemis 1 Space Launch System rocket as seen from the press site at Kennedy Space Center. (Image credit: Josh Dinner) ...
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NASA’s Artemis 1 mission: news, updates, and more | The Verge

NASA’s Space Launch System has been under development for decades. Here are the stories to read as the rocket makes its big debut: carrying the Orion capsule to space as part of the Artemis 1 ...
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NASA Prepares Space Launch System for First Launch Window

SLS at Launch Site 39B during a full moon. [Photo: NASA] NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) has entered the last stages of preparations for its upcoming August launch window.
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Space Launch System could launch a Titan balloon mission

But a team from Boeing, the prime contractor on the Space Launch System (SLS), believes their new launch platform will be capable of getting a large balloon into orbit, along with its necessary ...
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NASA’s enormous SLS rocket has launched to space for the first time

The Space Launch System (SLS) launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1.47 am EST on 16 November (6.47 am GMT), the rocket’s first flight and the first stepping stone of NASA’s path back to ...
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NASA’s Space Launch System makes inaugural journey in historic launch

After years of preparation and two false starts, NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System has finally taken off and entered orbit. It’s a big win for the space agency — even as it assigns to ...
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Watch NASA roll out its new mega-rocket, the Space Launch System, for ...

The Space Launch System, or SLS, has spent most of the last year tucked away in NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building, a massive warehouse structure at KSC used to house and integrate giant rockets ...
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NASA Completes Testing Of Space Launch System Core Stage ... - Forbes

An artist's conception of the Space Launch System at Cape Kennedy. NASA NASA on Thursday completed the eighth and final “green run” test of the core stage for the biggest rocket ever built ...
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SpaceX is getting into the cosmic manufacturing business

SpaceX’s approach is something of a departure from other companies such as Vast and Axiom which envision private space stations serviced by spacecraft such as the Crew Dragon.