NASA is now targeting February 2022 for the launch of its powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Stacked with the agency's Orion crew capsule, the SLS is 332 feet tall and currently sits at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SLS will launch the next generation of deep space operations, including Artemis missions, on and around the moon.It was initially slated to take off in November but has run behind schedule. RELATED: NASA targeting February for launch of first moon rocket since Apollo missionNASA said in a Friday release that the integrated system is entering the final phase of preparations for an upcoming uncrewed flight test around the moon – including a series of integrated tests.Its mission, known as Artemis I, will pave the.