NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration just rolled out the Space Launch System (SLS), an 11-million-pound rocket built to return humans to the moon. 🚀🌕 This powerful launch vehicle will carry the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts around the Moon and beyond Earth orbit for the first time since Apollo 17. It took 12 hours to move the rocket just four miles to the launch pad. With over 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, the SLS is NASA’s most powerful rocket to date.

Are you ready to rumble? Our Space Launch System is. SLS, which will be the most powerful rocket ever build, the Orion spacecraft and grounds systems are needed to launch astronauts to destinations far into the solar system. Watch some of the progress being made on our #JourneyToMars. | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

With Artemis missions, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. They will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, NASA will use what they learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars. #space #nasa #astronauts #c