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NASA’s New Rocket from Boeing
Credit: Boeing
An artist's rendering of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS). Boeing is the prime contractor responsible for the SLS cryogenic stages and avionics.
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Artist's Concept of Space Launch System on the Pad
Credit: NASA
This artist's concept shows NASA's Space Launch System atop its Florida launch pad.
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Space Launch System: NASA's Giant Rocket Explained
Credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com
The SLS is derived from proven technology used for decades in America's moon program and the space shuttle.
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Artist's View: NASA's Space Launch System at the Pad
Credit: NASA
This artist's concept shows a vertical view of NASA's Space Launch System on the launch pad.
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SLS Architecture Reference Configuration
Credit: NASA
An artist rendering of the various configurations of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The flexible configuration, sharing the same basic core-stage, allows for different crew and cargo flights as needed, promoting efficiency, time and cost savings. The SLS enables exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit and support travel to asteroids, Mars and other destinations within our solar system.
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SLS Possible Exploration Destinations
Credit: NASA
An artist's concept shows the Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle and future destinations for human exploration beyond Earth orbit: the moon, an asteroid and Mars.
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70t Crew Expanded View
Credit: NASA
An expanded view of an artist rendering of the 70-metric-ton configuration of NASA's Space Launch System.
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130t Cargo Expanded View
Credit: NASA
An expanded view of an artist rendering of the 130 metric ton configuration of NASA's Space Launch System.
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NASA's Space Launch System at Liftoff
Credit: NASA
This artist's concept shows NASA's giant rocket, the Space Launch System, soaring off a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket is NASA's new booster for deep space missions to an asteroid and ultimately Mars.
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A Bigger Splash
Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Orion MPCV test-lands in water at NASA's Langley Research Center.
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Funding for NASA Spaceship's Launch Escape System Runs Out
Credit: U.S. Army White Sands Test Facility
Technicians ready the Orion launch abort vehicle for a May 6 test at the U.S. Army White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.
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NASA's New Spaceships Could Tag-Team Asteroid
Credit: Lockheed Martin
A manned asteroid mission using two Orion spacecraft, docked nose-to-nose to form a 50-ton deep space vehicle, is being studied by Lockheed Martin Space Systems.
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Lockheed Martin Orion capsule testing facility
Credit: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin’s Space Operations Simulation Center in Colorado can simulate on-orbit docking maneuvers, using mockups of NASA's Orion space capsule (left) and the International Space Station.
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Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Credit: NASA
Artist's rendering of NASA's Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle on a deep space mission.
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Operation 'Plymouth Rock': Astronauts on an Asteroid
Credit: Lockheed Martin
This artist's illustration depicts a 'Plymouth Rock' asteroid mission with astronauts and NASA's Orion spacecraft as envisioned by Lockheed Martin.
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New Moon Rocket Could Launch Giant Space Telescopes
Credit: NASA/MSFC
This artist's concept shows the Ares V cargo launch vehicle, formerly under consideration as the next space launch vehicle.
