session 1

Title

NASA Space Launch System

type

oral

Description

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) will offer an unsurpassed capability for human and scientific missions beyond low-Earth orbit. As the first exploration-class launch vehicle since the Saturn V, the SLS will help astronauts expand the boundaries that have limited us for the last 40 years. From launching planetary probes and astronomical observatories, to the first human trips to asteroids and Mars, the SLS will provide the volume and lift capability to perform international missions such as those outlined in the Global Exploration Roadmap. Set to fly in 2017, this capability will open a new era of discovery from the unique vantage point of space.

Date

2012-05-23

Time

10:30

Room

Renoir

IPC members

• Plenary organizer: Mr. Peter Montgomery, Aerospace Testing Alliance, United States;

• Moderator: Mr. Don Sauvageau, Orbital ATK, United States;