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NASA to roll SLS Moon rocket to the launch pad two days early

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Altogether, the first variant of SLS – Block 1 – is expected to be able to launch up to 95 tons (~210,000 lb) to low Earth orbit and around 27 tons (~59,500 lb) to the Moon, 32% and 38% worse than the Saturn V rocket NASA abandoned for the Space Shuttle in the 1970s. Lunar orbit rendezvous: A look into the not too distant future.

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