The Space Launch System (SLS) is a critical part of the space agency's Artemis programme, which aims to return Americans to the Moon by 2024. The core stage is the centrepiece of the new rocket ...

tall—and about 15% more powerful than the Saturn V rocket that took the Apollo astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and ’70s. It is also expensive, costing an estimated $4.1 billion per launch.

The American space agency has rolled out its new giant Moon rocket for the first time. The vehicle, known as the Space Launch System (SLS), was taken to Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in ...

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The Artemis mega moon rocket is NASA's latest and most powerful launch vehicle, intended to return astronauts, robots, and supplies to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

The rocket is one of several key elements needed for the US space agency's Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon for the first time since 1972. Phys.org ...