Space Launch System
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The Space Launch System is an American two-stage super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used by NASA. The primary launch vehicle for the Artemis program, SLS is designed to launch the four-person
SLS with the Orion spacecraft launching from Pad 39B for Artemis II
The SLS core stage rolling out of the Michoud Assembly Facility
SLS of Artemis II, with side view showing one of the two boosters
Test fire of BOLE prototype, June 2025
The Space Launch System core stage, or simply core stage, is the main stage of the American Space Launch System rocket, built by The Boeing Company in the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility. At 65 m tall
The Artemis I Core Stage horizontal in the Vehicle Assembly Building
Plug welding of LH2 tank showing internal structure
A propellant tank barrel section, destined for the CS-1 LH2 tank
Forward LOX dome of CS-4, one of four domes in a core stage