Space Launch System
NASA’s Space Launch System is an expendable, evolvable super heavy-lift launch-vehicle family for crewed and cargo missions beyond Earth orbit. Every configuration uses a liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen core stage powered by four RS-25 engines and two five-segment solid rocket boosters, with progressively more capable upper stages for the Block 1, Block 1B, and Block 2 variants.
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Identity
- Aliases
- SLS
- Family Name
- Space Launch System
- Full Name
- Space Launch System
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- NASA’s Space Launch System is an expendable, evolvable super heavy-lift launch-vehicle family for crewed and cargo missions beyond Earth orbit. Every configuration uses a liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen core stage powered by four RS-25 engines and two five-segment solid rocket boosters, with progressively more capable upper stages for the Block 1, Block 1B, and Block 2 variants.
- First Flight Year
- 2,022
- Manufacturer
- Operator
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 14:21:48 UTC
- Image
- Download
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:40:59 UTC
Other
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 8.4
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 2