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Detailed explanation-1: -Artemis will fly farther than any spacecraft built for humans, Nasa says. It will travel 280, 000 miles (450, 000km) from Earth, and 40, 000 miles (64, 000km) beyond the far side of the moon.

Detailed explanation-2: -With 8.8 million pounds of thrust, the SLS is 15 percent more powerful than the Saturn V, meaning the SLS now holds the record for the most powerful rocket ever successfully launched.

Detailed explanation-3: -NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket officially became the most powerful rocket ever flown when it lifted off in the early morning hours of Nov. 16, putting out a prodigious 4 million kg (8.8 million lbs) of thrust.

Detailed explanation-4: -Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program.

Detailed explanation-5: -The SLS, a key piece of hardware for NASA’s Artemis moon program, is now the most powerful rocket ever to launch successfully. The huge rocket took the mantle from the iconic Saturn V, which sent Apollo astronauts to the moon in the late 1960s and early 1970s.