Ares (rocket)
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In terms of rocketry, Ares could mean:
- Three Shuttle-Derived Launch VehicleShuttle-Derived Launch VehicleShuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle, or simply Shuttle-Derived Vehicle , is a term describing one of a wide array of concepts that have been developed for creating space launch vehicles from the components, technology and/or infrastructure of the Space Shuttle program. SDVs have also been part of...
s under development for NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's Project ConstellationProject ConstellationConstellation Program is a human spaceflight program within NASA, the space agency of the United States. The stated goals of the program were to gain significant experience in operating away from Earth's environment, develop technologies needed for opening the space frontier, and conduct...
program:- The Ares IAres IAres I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation Program. The name "Ares" refers to the Greek deity Ares, who is identified with the Roman god Mars...
Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV), designed to launch the Orion (spacecraft)Orion (spacecraft)Orion is a spacecraft designed by Lockheed Martin for NASA, the space agency of the United States. Orion development began in 2005 as part of the Constellation program, where Orion would fulfill the function of a Crew Exploration Vehicle....
. - The Ares IV launch vehicle, a proposed dual-use launcher for either the CLV or Lunar Surface Access ModuleLunar Surface Access ModuleThe Altair spacecraft, previously known as the Lunar Surface Access Module or LSAM, was the planned lander spacecraft component of NASA's cancelled Project Constellation. Astronauts would have used the spacecraft for landings on the Moon, which had been intended to begin around 2019...
(LSAM). - The Ares VAres VThe Ares V was the planned cargo launch component of the Constellation program, which was to have replaced the Space Shuttle after its retirement in 2011. Ares V was also planned to carry supplies for a human presence on Mars...
Cargo Launch Vehicle (CaLV), primarily intended to launch the Lunar Surface Access Module.
- The Ares I
- The Ares ICBMAres ICBMThe Ares was a proposed intercontinental ballistic missile derived from the Titan II missile. It was a single stage rocket with a high-performance engine to increase the rocket's specific impulse...
, a proposed ICBM and SSTO launch vehicle. - Aerial Regional-scale Environmental SurveyAerial Regional-scale Environmental SurveyThe Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey was a proposal by NASA's Langley Research Center to build a powered aircraft that would fly on Mars. The ARES team sought to be selected and funded as a NASA Mars Scout Mission for a 2011 or 2013 launch window...
(ARES) - a proposed martian rocket airplane. - AriesAries (rocket)Aries is the designation of an United States rocket derived from the LGM-30 Minuteman missile which is used for the testing of anti-missile defense systems. The Aries has a length of 9.20 meters, a diameter of 1.16 meters, a launch weight of 6.3 tons, a launch thrust of 200 kN and a ceiling of...
, a modified MinutemanLGM-30 MinutemanThe LGM-30 Minuteman is a U.S. nuclear missile, a land-based intercontinental ballistic missile . As of 2010, the version LGM-30G Minuteman-III is the only land-based ICBM in service in the United States...
missile, used to test missile defense systems.