This illustration portrays NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in the Block 1B cargo configuration as it leaves Earth.
This illustration portrays NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in the Block 1B cargo configuration as it leaves Earth. In place of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, a cargo fairing at the top of the rocket holds large exploration systems or science payloads to enable further exploration of deep space.
Image Credit: NASA/MSFC