# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/7-u2a_mh2z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15347482-nasaartemis-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/3d33469e05.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-09-23T16:41:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Ladies and gentlemen — presenting the rocket for the ride to Mars. 
NASA is going to #Mars, and here on Earth, the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center (nasa_marshall) in Huntsville, Alabama, is the first stop for building the world’s most powerful rocket for the ride – the Space Launch System (SLS). The #SLS will be NASA’s first exploration-class vehicle since the Saturn V took American astronauts to the moon more than 40 years ago. It will expand our reach in the solar system, launching crews aboard the new #Orion spacecraft to explore multiple, deep-space destinations. A fleet of robotic spacecraft and rovers are already on and around Mars, but to fly to and land humans safely on Mars requires a next-generation spacecraft – Orion. SLS will ensure it gets there.

Artist concept: NASA/MSFC

#JourneyToMars #SLSFiredUp #marsgeneration #artistconcept #graphicart #NASA #deepspace #exploration

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## Tags

graphicart, deepspace, nasa, mars, marsgeneration, journeytomars, artistconcept, exploration, sls, slsfiredup, orion

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