![NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, and supporting ground systems. The mission is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to the Moon. Launch of the uncrewed flight test is targeted for no earlier than Sept. 3 at 2:17 p.m. ET. With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before.](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/MAF_20220830__KSC_Artemis1_epb_005/MAF_20220830__KSC_Artemis1_epb_005~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1280&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint)
Audience
Students
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Technology, Rocketry
Type
Hands-on Activities, Play and Learn
The SLS is NASA’s newest rocket. It is part of the Artemis program, which is the plan to take astronauts to the Moon. You can build a model SLS with school supplies. Download the instructions and build a your SLS model.