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Space
Science
Elizabeth Howell

NASA beefing up SLS moon rocket for its Artemis program

Rocket lifting off into darkness while a bird sits in far foreground.

NASA hasn't yet sent an astronaut to space for the Artemis moon program, but the effort already is targeting upgrades.

A more powerful version of the Space Launch System (SLS) will launch in the coming decade for more ambitious moon missions, starting with Artemis 4. The larger version, called Block 1B, can carry both crew and big pieces of hardware towards the moon as NASA aims to build a settlement at the lunar south pole.

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