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New NASA launch vehicle

06.07.2012

The American space agency NASA has presented a complete set of requirements for a new heavy rocket system designed to fly beyond low Earth orbit.
The new Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle will be the most powerful in the world and can only be compared with the Saturn V rocket, which delivered astronauts to the moon.

The heart of the new heavy launch vehicle will be the first stage, over 61 meters high and 8,4 meters in diameter. It will be equipped with "shuttle" RS-25 rocket engines operating on environmentally friendly fuel - hydrogen and oxygen. The SLS program currently has a stockpile of 16 RS-25 engines that have proven themselves in manned shuttle missions. The SLS will also be equipped with two solid rocket boosters located on the sides of the launch vehicle.

The first test launch of the new launch vehicle will take place in 2017 with a 70-ton payload, which will already be a record for modern rockets. However, in the future, a two-stage SLS will be able to lift a record 130 tons into low Earth orbit. Such opportunities open up great prospects for the development of near-Earth space, and most importantly, flights deep into the solar system.

With the help of SLS, NASA will send manned and unmanned Orion spacecraft, large exploration robotic missions and manned missions to Mars, asteroids, and the Moon into space.

In fact, the Space Launch System is a "creative redesign" of an exceptionally successful shuttle launch system. The use of proven engines, boosters and environmentally friendly fuels, as well as the minimum "dry" weight of the launch vehicle, is a successful combination of reliable proven solutions and the latest technologies.

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