It’s not your grandfather’s space shuttle.
The design for NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS), unveiled Wednesday morning, is touted as the vehicle that will allow astronauts to visit “near-Earth asteroids, Mars and its moons and beyond.” It’ll serve as a go-between for the International Space Station as well. Watch a video simulation below and find out more from NASA here.
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