NASA triumphs in successful debut launch of huge SLS moon rocket
Published by Spaceflight Now on 11/16/2022
NASA’s huge Space Launch System moon rocket finally took off from Florida for the first time early Wednesday after a decade in development, sending an unpiloted Orion crew capsule toward lunar orbit on a 25-day test flight to lay a path for astronauts to return to the moon for the first time since 1972.
