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This artist's concept shows NASA's giant rocket, the Space Launch System soaring of 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.

NASA has picked the design for its next big rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). This heavy-lift booster will carry humans farther than they've ever been, to an asteroid, Mars and beyond.

See amazing views of asteroid 21 Lutetia from the July 2010 flyby of Europe's Rosetta probe.
Asteroid Lutetia is the first space rock thought to have a hot, molten metal core, scientists say.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope exposes the depths of this dusty nebula with its infrared vision, showing stellar infants that are lost behind dark clouds when viewed in visible light in this cool space wallpaper.
Final selections for NASA's next astronaut class will be made in 2013.
The U.S. needs a way to get to low-Earth orbit as soon as possible, Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan said.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne president Jim Maser speaks to SPACE.com about NASA's Space Launch System.
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee faced tough choices in drafting the NASA spending bill.
NASA is looking at adapting the structure for its next-generation heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System.
SPACE.com asked several experts, analysts and industry members about their thoughts on NASA's Space Launch System.
NASA's new rocket marks a switch back to liquid propellants.
See how NASA's new mega rocket, the Space Launch System, measures up for deep space missions in this SPACE.com infographic.
Building NASA's new SLS rocket for deep space flight in these fiscal times could be tough.
NASA's Space Launch System will be more powerful than the Saturn 5 moon rockets, officials say.
NASA administrator Charles Bolden announced the design for NASA's new heavy-lift rocket to take humans to an asteroid.
This stunning space wallpaper reveals, an artist concept of SLS on the launchpad.
Former Shuttle Cdr. Charles Bolden reveals NASA's plans for a new as the Space Launch System (SLS) – based on a heavy-lift rocket bigger than the Saturn V – that could take crews to Mars, asteroids, back to the Moon, and beyond.
Deep space manned exploration just moved a little closer to reality with the announcement of that development is beginning on the new Space Launch System (SLS). The first developmental flight is targeted for end of 2017.
From the mighty Saturn 5 to NASA's new Space Launch System, see how the biggest rockets on Earth compare.