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NASA SLS Unveils Largest Spacecraft Welder to Build the Most Powerful Rocket to Date

Medicine & Technology Sep 17, 2014

Ever wonder what you’d need to build the world’s largest spacecraft? The world’s largest tools, of course. Looking to usher in a new era of space exploration, late last August NASA approved the next generation of American rockets, known as the Space Launch System (SLS). Built for deep-space missions the core stage of the rocket is more than 200 feet tall and 27.6 feet in diameter, allowing enough space to fuel four RS-25 engines.

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NASA SLS Unveils Largest Spacecraft Welder to Build the Most Powerful Rocket to Date

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