NASA SLS

NASA is developing the Space Launch System. With more thrust than the massive Saturn V rocket used decades ago, NASA’s SLS is set to provide heavy-lift capability for the next generation of space explorers.

Animation depicting NASA's Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth's orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency's Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars.