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网页1 天前 · SpaceX's Starship megarocket is the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, and the giant booster that will launch the moon lander for NASA's Artemis 3 mission that aims to land astronauts on ...
What is Elon Musk's Starship space vehicle? - BBC
网页Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket system which has ever flown. Starship is a two-stage vehicle. The “Ship” is the uppermost part, and that sits atop a booster called Super Heavy ...
Launch vehicle - Wikipedia
网页A launch vehicle is typically a rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (a crewed spacecraft or satellites) from Earth's surface or lower atmosphere to outer space. The most common form is the ballistic missile -shaped multistage rocket , but the term is more general and also encompasses vehicles like the Space Shuttle .
Space Launch System (SLS) - NASA
网页6 天之前 · Combining power and capability, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is part of NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration and Artemis. SLS is the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and cargo directly to the Moon in a single launch. Learn More about Space Launch System.
SLS Fact Sheets - NASA
网页2024年9月24日 · NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, is a powerful, advanced launch vehicle for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit.
Artemis I - NASA
网页The primary goals for Artemis I are to demonstrate Orion’s systems in a spaceflight environment and ensure a safe re-entry, descent, splashdown, and recovery prior to the first flight with crew on Artemis II. Learn more.
网页In addition to completing testing and launch of the Artemis I SLS in 2022, notable progress was made on hardware for future launch vehicles that will support Artemis missions II, III, IV, and V. The Artemis II core stage is mostly complete, and its RS-25 engines were integrated in the fall of 2023.
Starship - SpaceX
网页Starship is the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, capable of carrying up to 150 metric tonnes fully reusable and 250 metric tonnes expendable. Starship is the fully reusable spacecraft and second stage of the Starship system.
Falcon 9 - SpaceX
网页Falcon 9 generates more than 1.7 million pounds of thrust at sea level. The nine Merlin engines on the first stage are gradually throttled near the end of first-stage flight to limit launch vehicle acceleration as the rocket’s mass decreases with the burning of fuel.
网页The first SLS vehicle, called Block 1, can send more than 27 metric tons (t) or 59,500 pounds (lbs.) to orbits beyond the Moon. It will be powered by twin five-segment solid rocket boosters and four RS-25 liquid propellant engines. After reaching space, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage.