{"id":140770,"date":"2022-03-02T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-477814"},"modified":"2023-06-28T11:17:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T15:17:36","slug":"reference-guide","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system\/reference-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Launch System Reference Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/reference\/space-launch-system\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system\/media-resources-tgsdy\/\">Media Resources<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system\/sls-public-outreach\/\">Public Engagement<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system\/sls-fact-sheets\/\">Fact Sheets<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system\/sls-highlights\/\">SLS Monthly Highlights<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLBEXDPatoWBmX3yrpEObbUoNF5rbbNcgX\" rel=\"noopener\">Videos<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gallery\/space-launch-system-infographics\/\">Infographics<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sls-podcasts\/\">Podcasts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system\/reference-guide\/\">Reference Guide<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a 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sizes=\"(max-width: 1583px) 100vw, 1583px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This document was prepared by NASA\u2019s SLS Program Office at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/marshall\/home\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center<\/a>, in Huntsville, Alabama, which has responsibility for design, development, testing, and engineering of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/exploration\/systems\/sls\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">SLS<\/a>, the new super heavy-lift rocket that will send astronauts to the Moon as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/specials\/artemis\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Artemis missions<\/a>. The first flight of SLS and the Orion crew spacecraft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis-1\" rel=\"noopener\">Artemis I<\/a>, will lift off from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/kennedy\/home\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center<\/a> in Florida and send an uncrewed Orion to lunar orbit. Artemis I is a rigorous test flight, designed to thoroughly test all systems of the SLS rocket prior to crewed flights commencing with the Artemis II mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u203a Download the SLS Reference Guide | <a href=\"\/\/www3.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/sls_reference_guide_2022_v2_508_0.pdf\"><strong>Web version <\/strong>(86\u00a0pages, 15 <\/a><a href=\"\/\/www3.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/sls_reference_guide_2022_v2_508_0.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"\/\/www3.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/sls_reference_guide_2022_v2_508_0.pdf\">MB <\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sls-reference-guide-2022-v2-508-0.pdf?emrc=666f9e994dc3f\">PDF)<\/a><br> \u203a Download the SLS Reference Guide | <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sls-reference-guide-2022-v2-print-0.pdf?emrc=666f9e994dda8\"><strong>Print version<\/strong> (86 pages, 108 MB PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This document was prepared by NASA\u2019s SLS Program Office at NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center, in Huntsville, Alabama, which has responsibility for design, development, testing, and engineering of SLS, the new super heavy-lift rocket that will send astronauts to the Moon as part of the Artemis missions. The first flight of SLS and the Orion crew spacecraft, Artemis I, will lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and send an uncrewed Orion to lunar orbit. Artemis I is a rigorous test flight, designed to thoroughly test all systems of the SLS rocket prior to crewed flights commencing with the Artemis II mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":150574,"parent":167499,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[3942],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebPage","headline":"Space Launch System Reference Guide","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system\/reference-guide\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system\/reference-guide\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sls_reference_guide_2022_v2_print_page_01.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sls_reference_guide_2022_v2_print_page_01.jpg"},"articleSection":"General","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lee Mohon"}],"creator":["Lee Mohon"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2022-03-02T23:05:00Z","datePublished":"2022-03-02T23:05:00Z","dateModified":"2023-06-28T15:17:36Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Space Launch System Reference Guide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system\/reference-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"index\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sls_reference_guide_2022_v2_print_page_01.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2022-03-02T23:05:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"General\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Lee Mohon\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":1,"time_ago":"2 years","featured_image":{"id":150574,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sls_reference_guide_2022_v2_print_page_01.jpg","title":"sls_reference_guide_2022_v2_print_page_01","alt":"NASA's Space Launch System 2022 Reference Guide.","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/140770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/140770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384203,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/140770\/revisions\/384203"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/167499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140770"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=140770"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=140770"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=140770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}