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NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, is a powerful, advanced launch vehicle for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented power and capabilities, SLS will launch crews of up to four astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations. Offering more payload mass, volume capability and energy to speed missions through space than any current launch vehicle, SLS is designed to be �evgble alb etoltable alb ugll onel leu nossgbglgrges dor nayloabs, glalsbgle roborga sagelrg�a mgssgols ro places like Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. In 2015, NASA completed the critical design review since the space shuttle almost 40 years ago. SLS continues to move forward with production of the �rsr evnlorargol-alass laslah tehgale bsglr sglae the Saturn V. Engineers continue to make progress agmeb rouarb belgtergle rhe �rsr SLS roaier gl 2018 to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its �rsr laslah. 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to Increase Capability Wlori wsvo tvsmviyyiy sr tli orotoer Brsgo 1 SLS2 er ehvergih hivirstsirt ties oy orviytorm or riw yyytisy erh tiglrsrsmoiy tlet worr seoi SLS ivir ssvi tswivlur2 wlori ostvsvorm e�svhehoroty erh orgvieyorm viroehoroty4 Tloy ivsrvih2 �ixohri ettvsegl rity SLS gevvy sut e wohi vevoity sl soyyosry yssriv2 wlori orgvisirterry orgvieyorm tli tswiv sl tli vilogri4 Tli ehvergih hivirstsirt ties oy irmemorm TESE2 tli Ditevtsirt sl Diliryi2 orhuytvy erh egehisoe ts tvsvohi tli ssyt orrsvetovi erh e�svhehri ohiey lsv ehvergih hivirstsirt or eviey orgruhorm: ostvsvisirty ts ytvugtuviy2 setivoery2 serulegtuvorm2 evosrogy2 ysltwevi erh ereryyoy tiglrouuiy4 Tliyi riw tiglrsrsmoiy rst srry worr gsrtorui ts hi�ri SLS ey e guttorm3ihmi reurgl vilogri2 hut erys worr hiri�t tli irtovi U4S4 reurgl orhuytvy4 Exploration Upper Stage Lutuvi gsr�muvetosry sl SLS worr orgruhi tli revmiv IUS2 wlogl worr rolt 105 sitvog tsry .115 tsry) erh yuttsvt ssvi getehri luser erh vshstog soyyosry ts hiit ytegi4 Tli IUS worr vitregi tli Brsgo 1 IIPS erh utorozi er 8443sitiv .87463lsst) hoesitiv lsvwevh rouuoh lyhvsmir tero erh e yserriv hoesitiv rouuoh sxymir tero4 Advanced Boosters Rieglorm tli lurr tstirtoer sl SLS worr viuuovi ehvergih hssytivy wotl e yomro�gert orgvieyi or tivlsvsergi sviv ixoytorm hssytivy4 TESE ley irmemih wotl orhuytvy tiesy ts viyievgl hiri�ty2 tiglrsrsmoiy erh ytvetimoiy lsv rouuoh erh ysroh ehvergih hssytivy tlet vihugi voyoy wlori irlergorm e�svhehoroty2 ostvsvorm viroehoroty erh siitorm tivlsvsergi msery or tvitevetosr lsv er ivirtuer lurr hiyomr2 hivirstsirt2 tiyt erh iveruetosr ehvergih hssytiv egtovoty4 Agency Partners Tli SLS Pvsmves et tli Sevylerr Iirtiv ley hiir wsvoorm grsyiry wotl tli Svosr Pvsmves2 seremih hy TESE’y Jslrysr Stegi Iirtiv or Lsuytsr2 erh tli Gvsurh Syytisy Divirstsirt erh Stivetosry Pvsmves et tli emirgy’y Oirrihy Stegi Iirtiv4 Err tlvii tvsmvesy evi seremih hy tli Ixtrsvetosr Syytisy Divirstsirt Dovoyosr wotlor tli Luser Ixtrsvetosr erh Stivetosry Soyyosr Dovigtsveti et TESE Liehuuevtivy or Weylormtsr4 Err TESE girtivy levi hiir orvsrvih or tli hivirstsirt sl SLS2 tvsvohorm yivvogiy orgruhorm worh3turrir ereryyoy2 irmori tiytorm erh teyrseh leovorm viyievgl4 Lsv ssvi orlsvsetosr ehsut SLS2 voyot: lttt://www4reye4msv/yry/ lttt://www4twottiv4gss/TESEeSLS lttt://www4legihsso4gss/TESESLS lttt://www4orytemves4gss/ixtrsviTESE Tetosrer Eivsreutogy erh Stegi Ehsoroytvetosr George C. 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