IGW // SPACEFLIGHT ARCHIVE

The Space Launch System climbs off the pad in early light

A rocket with an orange core stage and twin white solid rocket boosters climbing off the pad on a bright column of flame, with a white crew spacecraft on the nose and a billowing wall of exhaust cloud below. A yellow emergency egress basket hangs on the pad's slidewire cables to the left of the vehicle.

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A rocket with an orange core stage and twin white solid rocket boosters climbing off the pad on a bright column of flame, with a white crew spacecraft on the nose and a billowing wall of exhaust cloud below. A yellow emergency egress basket hangs on the pad's slidewire cables to the left of the vehicle.

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Interstellar Gateway

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September 9, 2026

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Space Launch System

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