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NASA’s '''Space Launch System''' (SLS) is a heavy-lift rocket, designed to offer a greater payload capacity than any before it. The Block 1 SLS was used by Artemis I, and has so far met or exceeded performance expectations. Rather than having a single fixed design, it is intended to be adaptable, so that it can be be manufactured in increasingly more powerful configurations, to accommodate missions with long range or heavy payload requirements. The goal is for the SLS to facilitate trips first to earth's moon, then to Mars.<ref name=NASA_SLS>https://www.nasa.gov/reference/space-launch-system/</ref>
NASA’s '''Space Launch System''' (SLS) is a heavy-lift rocket, designed to offer a greater payload capacity than any before it. The Block 1 SLS was used by Artemis I, and has so far met or exceeded performance expectations. Rather than having a single fixed design, it is intended to be adaptable, so that it can be be manufactured in increasingly more powerful configurations, to accommodate missions with long range or heavy payload requirements. The goal is for the SLS to facilitate trips first to earth's moon, then to Mars.<ref name=NASA_SLS>https://www.nasa.gov/reference/space-launch-system/</ref> This rocket system is primarily contracted out to [[Boeing]].<ref name=boeing_SLS>https://www.boeing.com/space/space-launch-system</ref>
==Configurations==
==Configurations==
===Block 2===
===Block 2===
The Block 2 design is intended to carry 101,000 lbs into deep space. This is planned for use in moving significant amounts of hardware into space, and ultimately, to Mars.<ref name=NASA_SLS>https://www.nasa.gov/reference/space-launch-system/</ref>
The Block 2 design is intended to carry 101,000 lbs into deep space. This is planned for use in moving significant amounts of hardware into space, and ultimately, to Mars.<ref name=NASA_SLS>https://www.nasa.gov/reference/space-launch-system/</ref>
==Missions==
===Artemis I===
A Block 1 SLS rocket powered the Artemis I mission, which launched on November 16, 2022. This was a successful unmanned mission orbiting the moon.
===Artemis II===
A Block 1 SLS rocket will also be responsible for Artemis II, a 10-day mission orbiting the moon with an Orion crew capsule. Four astronauts will be on board. In what can best be described as a political stunt, NASA proudly proclaimed that had deliberately selected a woman, and a man with dark skin, to be two of the four crew members.<ref name=boeing_SLS>https://www.boeing.com/space/space-launch-system</ref><ref>https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nasa-names-first-woman-first-black-astronauts-for-artemis-ii-moon-mission-3917905</ref> Although this was the main selling point of Artemis II under President [[Joe Biden|Biden]], President Trump's administration walked back the intensive marketing campaign over this.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/nasa-dei-artemis-moon-landing-1.7493202</ref>
===Artemis III===
The final mission planned for a Block 1 SLS rocket, Artemis III is planned to actually land astronauts on the moon.<ref>https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-iii/</ref>
After this mission, Artemis Artemis IV through Artemis VIII are slated to use Block 1B rockets.
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