Thrilling Photos of NASA's SLS Megarocket Launch to the Moon

Exactly where you wanna be

A group of children at the Banana Creek viewing site patiently waiting for SLS to launch. The megarocket has been in development since 2010 and cost more than $23 billion to develop.

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