SLS Lifts Off To Begin New Chapter In U.S. Space Program

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The most powerful rocket NASA has ever built lifted off from theKennedy Space Center on Nov. 16, ending years of delays in the debut of the ArtemisMoon program, which is intended to expand human presence beyond low Earth orbit.Propelled by a pair of solid-rocket boosters and four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 liquid-fueled main engines, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket soared off of KennedySpace Center’s Launch Complex 36B with a blinding light and thundering roar at 1:47a.m. EST.