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Description: Artist concept of the Block 1 SLS configuration in flight. The SLS is an advanced, heavy-lift rocket that will provide an entirely new capability for science and human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. The first SLS mission -- Exploration Mission 1 -- in 2018 will launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to demonstrate the inte­grated system performance of the SLS rocket and spacecraft prior to a crewed flight.
Title: Space Launch System in Flight
Credit: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/multimedia/gallery/sls_flight.html
Author: NASA/MSFC
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License: Public domain
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