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

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NASA ultimately devised a rocket that would extrapolate Shuttle external tank technology into a larger liquid hydrogen/oxygen ‘core stage’ powered by four flight-proven, reusable Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME; now RS-25). Starship stands 119 meters (390 ft) tall to the SLS rocket’s ~111 meters (365 ft). NASASpaceflight).

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