The Space Launch System, or SLS, is a Space Shuttle-derived heavy launch vehicle being designed by NASA.
It follows the cancellation of the Constellation Program, and is to replace the retired Space Shuttle.
Tags:
Space Launch System (SLS)
Additional Info
- Lead Nation: USA
- Project Website: www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/
- Project Wikipedia Page: Space_Launch_System
Latest from Copernical Team
- Momentus inks five-year manufacturing deal with Velo3D
- Scientists uncover why carbon-rich space rocks rarely reach Earth
- Outpost awarded contract to develop reentry shield tech for space-based cargo delivery
- Rocket Lab tapped for major defense contracts to advance hypersonic testing
- NASA prepares to launch space-based quantum gravity sensor
- Hughes and Eutelsat broaden LEO satellite broadband access for European enterprises
- Cambodia's Chinese casino city bets big on Beijingdata
- Amount of sunlight at Earth's surface shows long-term shifts tied to pollution
- New evidence suggesting magnetar origin of GRBs
- Half of the universe's hydrogen gas, long unaccounted for, has been found