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launch vehicle

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA's expendable super heavy-lift rocket for Artemis, derived from Space Shuttle propulsion rather than from Saturn.

No recorded place · 2011–present

succeeds role of Saturn V — SLS occupies the Saturn V's role as America's crew-rated super heavy-lift launcher and exceeds its liftoff thrust, but its hardware lineage runs through the Space Shuttle — RS-25 engines and segmented solid boosters — not through Saturn.
is first flight of of Artemis I — Artemis I was the maiden flight of the Space Launch System, uncrewed, in November 2022.

launch vehicle

NASA's expendable super heavy-lift rocket for Artemis, derived from Space Shuttle propulsion rather than from Saturn.

No recorded place · 2011–present

succeeds role of Saturn V — SLS occupies the Saturn V's role as America's crew-rated super heavy-lift launcher and exceeds its liftoff thrust, but its hardware lineage runs through the Space Shuttle — RS-25 engines and segmented solid boosters — not through Saturn.
is first flight of of Artemis I — Artemis I was the maiden flight of the Space Launch System, uncrewed, in November 2022.