NASA building world's largest solid-fuel rocket
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SLS solid rocket booster segment being moved (Image: ATK)
SLS solid rocket booster segment being moved (Image: ATK)
SLS solid rocket booster segment being moved (Image: ATK)
Artist's concept of the SLS on the launch pad (Image: NASA)
Artist's concept of the SLS on the launch pad (Image: NASA)
Possible SLS missions (Image: NASA)
Artist's concept of the SLS on launching (Image: NASA)
Artist's concept of the SLS on launching (Image: NASA)
Cargo configuration of the SLS (Image: NASA)
Crew configuration of the SLS (Image: NASA)
Cargo and crew configurations of the SLS (Image: NASA)
Article Summary
When NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) enters service in 2017, it will replace the historic Saturn V as the largest, most powerful space launch vehicle ever flown. To lift its initial 70-metric ton (77 ton) payload into orbit, the SLS will rely on additional boost from a pair of the largest solid rocket motors ever to be built for flight. The first of these boosters is being assembled for NASA in Brigham City, Utah by ATK Space Systems using new manufacturing methods intended to make these behemoths safer and less expensive.
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