Designed to enable human space exploration missions, including eventually landings on Mars, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) represents a unique launch capability with a wide range of utilization opportunities, from delivering habitation systems into the lunar vicinity to high-energy transits through the outer solar system. The vehicle will be able to deliver greater mass to orbit than any contemporary launch vehicle. SLS will also be able to carry larger payload fairings than any contemporary launch vehicle, and will offer opportunities for co-manifested and secondary payloads.


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    Title :

    NASA's Space Launch System: An Evolving Capability for Exploration


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    IAA Symposium on the Future of Space Exploration ; 2015 ; Torino, Italy


    Publication date :

    2015-07-07


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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