NASA engineers have finished assembling the Space Launch System that will take astronauts back to the Moon. The rocket is taller than the Statue of Liberty.
NASA has finished assembling the first of its massive Space Launch System (SLS) rockets that will carry astronauts back to the Moon. The agency’s engineers lowered the 212-feet-tall core stage of SLS between smaller twin booster rockets at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, according to the BBC. SLS is the first rocket of NASA’s Artemis-1 mission — which will lay the foundation for eventually sending astronauts to the Moon and establishing a colony on the lunar surface. Its inaugural launch is slated for later this year and will carry Orion, NASA’s crew vehicle, into space for testing. No astronauts will be on board for its maiden flight, though — which makes sense.
