NASA Space Launch System Block 1 Artemis I
Space Launch System Block 1
Status
Success
Date
16 NOV 2022
06:47
Launch Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission Overview
Artemis I (previously Exploration Mission 1) is the first flight on Space Launch System and the second flight of Orion crew spacecraft. Mission is planned to be an uncrewed circumlunar flight.
Rocket
Space Launch System Block 1
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Orbit
Lunar Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American Space Shuttle-derived heavy expendable launch vehicle. It is part of NASA's deep space exploration plans including as the main launch vehicle of the Artemis program. SLS follows the cancellation of the Constellation program, and is to replace the retired Space Shuttle.
Height
98 m
Diameter
8.4 m
Launch Mass
2,628 T
Thrust
39,000 kN