[SFN] NASA shows off finished SLS moon rocket, Webb telescope

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NASA shows off finished SLS moon rocket, Webb telescope
November 5, 2021 Stephen Clark [SFN]


NASA’s Space Launch System rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center Friday. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now

Two of NASA’s flagship missions finally nearing launch, representing more than $50 billion in U.S. government investment over multiple decades, were displayed to news media Friday at spaceports in Florida and French Guiana.

At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, reporters and photographers were granted access to the Vehicle Assembly Building Friday to view the first fully stacked Space Launch System rocket, a towering 322-foot-tall (98-meter) launcher designed to propel astronaut crews toward the moon for the first time since 1972.

Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/11/05/nasa-shows-off-finished-sls-moon-rocket-webb-telescope/