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Spectators watch the Space Shuttle Atlantis blasting off on July 8, 2011. The launch was the 135th and final Space Shuttle launch for NASA. Photo: Phil Sandlin (AP)NASA’s SLS rocket is slated to launch for the first time in just three weeks, rumbling off the launch pad with 8.8 million pounds of thrust. There to see it take flight will be thousands upon thousands of spectators, as the Artemis era officially gets underway. The 322-foot-tall Space Launch System is the most powerful rocket that NASA has ever built, launching…

Orion atop SLS, with the target destination glowing in the background. Photo: NASASpeaking to reporters earlier today, NASA officials outlined three potential dates for the inaugural launch of the space agency’s Space Launch System (SLS), the earliest of which could happen on August 29. After years of delays, cost overruns, and technical hurdles, the Artemis 1 mission appears to be finally at hand. Yes, the first mission of the Artemis era involves the maiden voyage of NASA’s gigantic SLS rocket, but there’s more to the…

NASA’s Space Launch System is once again standing proud on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The gigantic rocket is being prepared for its inaugural launch, but the space agency must first succeed at completing a full launch rehearsal, which it has thus fair failed to do. The Moon rocket rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building earlier today to make the four mile (6.4 kilometer) trek to launch pad 39B. SLS reached its destination some eight hours later, arriving at 8:20 a.m. ET, according to NASA. The…