Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 8:46 AM
NASA's biggest rocket, SLS, gets ready for moon mission (78 images)
The Space Launch System rocket, the largest ever built by NASA, is the cornerstone of the Artemis mission to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. The spacecraft was launched Wednesday from launchpad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying an Orion spacecraft lifts off on the maiden flight of NASA's Artemis Program from Complex 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
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NASA's Artemis 1 streaks downrange as its solid rocket boosters separate more than two minutes after lifting off. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI
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