Space launch system

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Under a clear blue sky, Space Shuttle Discovery is ready for launch of mission STS-116 from Launch Pad 39B. Atop the fixed service structure at left looms the 80-foot-high lightning mast, part of the lightning protection system on the pad. Beneath Discovery's wings are the tail masts, which provide several umbilical connections to the orbiter, including a liquid-oxygen line through one and a liquid-hydrogen line through another. Seen above the golden external…

NASA’s Space Launch System is officially all systems go for Mars and Moon landings By Sebastian Anthony on August 28, 2014 A test-firing of the Space Shuttle Main Engine, which will be reused on the Space Launch System

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NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, set for its first flight early Monday, is a behemoth. And when it lifts off from Florida, it's going to be loud.

Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs lower the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage – the largest part of the rocket – onto the mobile launcher.

SpaceX's Starship rocket and its booster lifted off from a Texas launchpad, but the uncrewed vehicle exploded minutes later.