NASA’s Space Launch System, the agency’s flagship rocket designed to carry astronauts back to the Moon under the Artemis program, stands 322 feet tall in its Block 1 configuration. That height exceeds the Statue of Liberty and rivals many mid-rise office towers found in American cities.

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis 2 mission stands at 322 feet tall. The SLS is NASA's most powerful rocket, generating 8.8 million pounds of thrust. While massive, the SLS is shorter than SpaceX's approximately 400-foot Starship ...

NASA's giant moon rocket is back on the launch pad in Florida, setting the stage for what appears to be an imminent launch of the Artemis 2 lunar mission. Teams worked for hours beginning early morning Friday, March 20, to slowly roll the towering Space ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's towering Space Launch System rocket is about to depart the launch pad in Florida where it has been vertical for more than a month in anticipation of the first U.S. human lunar ...

Artemis 2 will be the first human lunar mission since the Apollo program ended in 1972. The 10-day mission will test the Orion capsule with astronauts aboard by flying around the moon. NASA is targeting an April 1 launch for the historic mission from the ...

NASA's towering Space Launch System rocket is about to depart the launch pad in Florida where it has been vertical for more than a month in anticipation of the first U.S. human lunar mission in decades. There it sat at Launch Pad 39B for weeks as the ...