Rocket
Space Launch System
United States2022 to 2026
The Space Launch System is NASA's super heavy rocket for the Artemis program, built from Space Shuttle hardware: four RS-25 engines on its core and two five-segment solid boosters. It sends an uncrewed Orion around the Moon on Artemis I in November 2022 and, on 1 April 2026, launches Artemis II, the first crew to travel around the Moon since 1972.
- Launches
- 2
- Success rate
- 100%
- 0 failures
- Builder
- Boeing / Northrop Grumman / Aerojet Rocketdyne / ULA
- Height
- 98 m
- Diameter
- 8.4 m
- Stages
- 2
- Boosters
- 2 × RSRMV
- Propellants
- Solid, LH2 / LOX
- Payload to LEO
- 95,000 kg
Launches per year
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| Year | Launches |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 |