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Rocket to the Moon, Mars and Beyond

Boeing people and products have powered giant leaps in human space exploration over the past five decades. Now, with the NASA Artemis program — named after Apollo’s twin sister — Boeing will be part of landing the first woman and first person of color on the moon and the sustainable exploration of more of the lunar surface than ever before. What NASA and its commercial and international partners learn on and around the moon will enable astronauts to take the next giant leap — all the way to Mars. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is the technologically advanced, heavy-lift rocket that will get us there.

Boeing is the prime contractor for the design, development, test and production of the launch vehicle core stage and upper stages, as well as development of the flight avionics suite. On November 16, 2022 the SLS rocket was successfully launched as part of the Artemis I Mission, which was an uncrewed test flight to validate the rocket component and systems in preparation for future crewed missions. Meanwhile, Boeing is building the core stages for Artemis II, III and IV, as well as the first Exploration Upper Stage, which will replace the Interim Cryogenic Upper Stage (ICPS) in future Artemis missions.