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Nat
iona
l Aer
ona
utic
s an
d S
pac
e A
dm
inis
trat
ion
www.nasa.gov
NA
SA’
s S
pac
e La
unch
Sys
tem
— P
ower
ing
the
Futu
re o
f Exp
lora
tion
Am
eric
a’s
new
Sp
ace
Laun
ch S
yste
m (S
LS) w
ill p
rovi
de
the
heav
y-lif
t ca
pab
ility
nec
essa
ry to
pro
pel
the
nex
t ge
nera
tion
of e
xplo
rers
on
entir
ely
new
mis
sion
s th
roug
hout
the
sol
ar
syst
em. F
rom
ast
eroi
ds
to M
ars,
SLS
will
be
a ke
y in
fras
truc
ture
as
set
that
, alo
ng w
ith t
he O
rion
spac
ecra
ft, a
llow
s N
AS
A to
se
nd h
uman
s b
eyon
d E
arth
’s o
rbit
for
the
first
tim
e si
nce
the
Ap
ollo
Moo
n p
rogr
am. T
his
next
wav
e of
hum
an e
xplo
ratio
n w
ill t
rans
por
t us
to n
ew w
orld
s—fin
din
g p
oten
tial r
esou
rces
, d
evel
opin
g ne
w te
chno
logi
es, a
nd d
isco
verin
g an
swer
s to
m
yste
ries
abou
t ou
r p
lace
in t
he u
nive
rse.
Whi
le w
ork
pro
gres
ses
on t
he in
itial
70-
met
ric to
n S
LS, N
AS
A
is c
ond
uctin
g ad
vanc
ed d
evel
opm
ent
activ
ities
to r
educ
e co
sts,
in
crea
se r
elia
bili
ty, a
nd d
eliv
er t
he p
erfo
rman
ce n
eed
ed to
evo
lve
the
initi
al v
ehic
le to
con
figur
atio
ns w
ith e
ven
grea
ter
lift
cap
acity
. A
s th
e S
LS e
volv
es, a
130
-met
ric to
n ro
cket
will
be
des
igne
d
to s
upp
ort
a va
riety
of m
issi
ons
to c
arry
cre
w, e
qui
pm
ent,
and
ex
per
imen
ts o
f var
ying
siz
es o
n lo
ng-d
urat
ion
trip
s.
As
par
t of
the
dev
elop
men
t p
roce
ss, h
ard
war
e d
esig
ned
to
conn
ect
spac
ecra
ft a
nd o
ther
pay
load
s to
SLS
will
firs
t b
e flo
wn
on E
xplo
ratio
n Fl
ight
Tes
t 1
(EF
T-1)
, whi
ch w
ill fl
y th
e O
rion
M
ulti-
Pur
pos
e C
rew
Veh
icle
test
art
icle
to h
igh-
Ear
th o
rbit
in
2014
. EF
T-1
will
be
follo
wed
by
two
fligh
t te
sts
of t
he 7
0-m
etric
to
n ve
hicl
e, s
end
ing
Orio
n b
eyon
d lo
w E
arth
orb
it in
201
7 an
d
2021
. The
se fi
rst
two
pla
nned
exp
lora
tion
fligh
ts o
f SLS
will
set
th
e st
age
for
a ra
nge
of m
issi
ons
NA
SA
is c
onsi
der
ing,
incl
udin
g th
e b
est
pat
h fo
r hu
man
s to
exp
lore
Mar
s—th
e p
lane
t m
ost
lik
e E
arth
.
NA
SA’
s S
pac
e La
unch
Sys
tem
— P
ower
ing
the
Futu
re o
f Exp
lora
tion
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www.nasa.gov/sls
As
NA
SA’
s co
mm
erci
al p
artn
ers
crea
te a
n A
mer
ican
sup
ply
line
to t
he
Inte
rnat
iona
l Sp
ace
Sta
tion,
SLS
will
pro
vid
e th
e tr
ansp
orta
tion
for
crew
s to
forg
e a
rout
e to
far
fron
tiers
. It
will
be
the
mos
t p
ower
ful r
ocke
t in
hi
stor
y an
d it
is b
eing
bui
lt in
the
U.S
.A. t
oday
. SLS
is d
esig
ned
to fl
y m
any
mis
sion
s—to
whe
reve
r ou
r im
agin
atio
ns c
an t
ake
us.
