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NASA shock: Moon landing SLS rocket splits wide open after dramatic 'buckling failure'


What is NASA’s Space Launch System or SLS?

Once completed, NASA boasts the SLS will be the most powerful rocket the space agency has ever built.

The last rocket that carried astronauts to the Moon was the powerful Saturn V – and incredible launch vehicle that flew on the Apollo programme.

The SLS will allow NASA to launch astronauts farther than the Moon and enable the success of the Artemis lunar programme.

In its Block 1 configuration, the rocket stands about 322ft tall – taller than the Statue of Liberty.

NASA said: “Getting to the Moon requires a powerful rocket ship to accelerate a spacecraft fast enough to overcome the pull of Earth’s gravity and set it on a precise trajectory to its destination.

“When NASA’s deep-space rocket, the Space Launch System, takes off on its first flight, Artemis I, it will produce a maximum 8.8 million pounds of thrust, exerting more power than any rocket ever.



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