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EXPLAINER: NASA’s new mega moon rocket, Orion crew capsule

A comparison of the Saturn V and the new Moon rocket called the Space Launch System or SLS. 3c with US-SCI--NASA-Moon Rocket-Explainer A cutaway of the Space Launch System or SLS. FILE - This combination of photos shows the Saturn V rocket with Apollo 12's spacecraft aboard on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in 1969, left, and the new moon rocket for the Artemis program with the Orion spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 18, 2022. (AP Photo, File) The moon rises above NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA/Bill Ingalls) FILE - NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B under stormy skies Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The 21st-century moon-exploration program is named Artemis, after Apollo's mythological twin sister. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) FILE - A close-up view of NASA's moon rocket at Kennedy Space Center, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA's high-tech, automated Orion capsule is named after the constellation, among the night sky's brightest. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP, File)