Nasa’s Space Launch System (SLS) is the only rocket built to send more than 27 tonnes to deep space

The uncrewed Orion spacecraft will venture thousands of miles beyond the moon

Orion stage

adapter

Launch vehicle

stage adapter

The boosters tower 17 storeys high – taller than the Satue of Liberty from base to torch

Core stage

Solid rocket

boosters

provide 3.6m

pounds of

thrust each

RS-25 engines

most efficient

engines

ever built

The uncrewed Orion spacecraft will venture thousands of miles beyond the moon

Orion stage

adapter

Launch vehicle

stage adapter

The boosters tower 17 storeys high – taller than the Satue of Liberty from base to torch

Core stage

Solid rocket

boosters

provide 3.6m

pounds of

thrust each

RS-25 engines

most efficient

engines

ever built