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| name = Space Launch System

| image = NASA_Artemis_1_Launch.jpg

| caption = SLS Block 1 with the [[Orion (spacecraft)|Orion spacecraft]] launching from Pad 39B

| alt = ANASA's launchSpace vehicleLaunch besideSystem launching Artemis I with a towerbright trail onof padflame.

| function = [[Super heavy-lift launch vehicle]]

| manufacturer = [[Aerojet Rocketdyne]]<br>[[Northrop Grumman]]<br>[[Boeing]]<br>[[United Launch Alliance]]

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| height = '''Block 1 Crew:''' {{cvt|322|ft}}<br>'''Block 2 Cargo:''' {{cvt|365|ft}}

| diameter = {{cvt|27.6|ft}}, Core stage <ref name=Space Launch System Core Stage Factsheet source=https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/fs/core_stage.html. /> {{cvt|16.7|ft}}, ICPS <ref name=Space Launch System Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage Factsheet source=https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/fs/ICPS.html/ />

| diameter = {{cvt|27.6|ft}}, Core stage

| mass =5.75 million Pounds (2875 US tons) <ref name=SLS October 2015 Fact Sheet source=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/SLS-Fact-Sheet_aug2014-finalv3.pdf#:~:text=The%20initial%20Block%201%20configuration%20of%20SLS%20will,liftoff%2C%20equivalent%20to%20more%20than%20160%2C000%20Corvette%20engines./>

| mass =

| stages = 2

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|website=https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html}}

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The '''Space Launch System''' ('''SLS''') is an American [[Super heavy-lift launch vehicle|super heavy-lift]] [[Expendable launch system|expendable launch vehicle]] developed by [[NASA]] starting in 2011. As of 16 November, it's the most powerful rocket to launch succesfully, with 8.8 million pounds of thrust.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gebhardt |first=Chris |last2=Burghardt |first2=Thomas |date=2022-11-16 |title=SLS makes successful debut flight, sending Artemis I to the Moon |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/11/artemis-i-launch-nov/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The first launch, designated [[Artemis 1]], occurred on November 16, 2022, from [[Kennedy Space Center]].<ref name="nasa-blog-20221108"/> It replaces the [[Ares I]] and [[Ares V]] launch vehicles, which were cancelled along with the rest of the [[Constellation program]], a previous program aimed to return to the Moon.<ref name="senatebill" /><ref name="SFN20110331" /><ref name="SR-20131125" /> The SLS is the successor to the retired [[Space Shuttle]], and the primary launch vehicle of NASA's [[deep space exploration]] plans through the 2020s. The SLS has the highest payload capacity of any currently operational launch vehicle and the third-highest capacity of any rocket ever to reach orbit, trailing the [[Energia (rocket)|Energia]] and [[Saturn V]].<ref name="NASA-20180102" /><ref name="IFL-2014.8" /><ref name="AS-201410" /> Crewed lunar flights are planned as part of the [[Artemis program]], leading to a possible [[human mission to Mars]].<ref name="ARS-201703"/><ref name="nsf-20170406"/> The SLS is being developed in three major phases with increasing capabilities: Block 1, Block 1B, and Block 2.<ref name="NASA 2018 Update"/> {{As of|2019|8|}}, SLS Block 1 launch vehicles are to launch the first three Artemis missions and<ref name="NASA-20190815" /> five subsequent SLS flights are planned to use Block 1B, after which all flights will use Block 2.<ref name="ASG-2014"/><ref name="nsf-20170406"/><ref name="NASA-20170512"/>