NASA is now targeting early next year for the maiden launch of its next megarocket: the Space Launch System.
The behemoth moon rocket, the first since the Apollo program, is months behind schedule (it was initially slated to launch in November) but could now potentially fly Feb. 12 if its final tests go well, NASA officials said Friday (Oct. 22). That's when the first launch window opens for its uncrewed Artemis 1 mission around the moon, they said.
The Space Launch System, or SLS, is the rocket NASA is developing to take astronauts to the moon, Mars and other distant destinations as part of the agency's Artemis program, which aims to send astronauts back to the moon as early as 2024 to establish a long-term, sustainable human presence on and around Earth's nearest neighbor.
Source: www.space.com
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