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Vector Launch: Vector-R: Light rocket 2 LEO Development 2023 (2 prototype launches in 2017) Vector-RE1: Light rocket 2 or 3 LEO Cancelled — Vector-H: Light rocket 2 LEO Cancelled — Vector-HE1: Light rocket 2 or 3 LEO Cancelled — Virgin Orbit: LauncherOne: Air-launch-to-orbit 2 + airplane LEO Retired (4/6) 2020 (First successful attempt ...
NASA performed a rollout of the Artemis 1 Space Launch System and Orion on March 17, 2022 for the first Wet Dress Rehearsal, and the rollout for launch, which launched in November 2022. The rollout for the WDR, marked the first time one of the crawler transporters rolled a launch vehicle to the launch pad since STS-135 .
manufacturer of Antares, Minotaur and Pegasus: PLD Space: Spain manufacturer of Miura 1 and Miura 5 Rocket Lab: New Zealand/United States 46/50: manufacturer of Electron launch vehicle Space One: Japan manufacturer of the KAIROS launch vehicle SpaceX: United States 437/445: Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Starship: Sea Launch: United ...
Also excluded are payloads that launch on the SLS, such as the Orion crew capsule, the predecessor programs that contributed to the development of the SLS, such as the Ares V Cargo Launch Vehicle project, funded from 2008 to 2010 for a total of $70 million, [98] and the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle, funded from 2006 to 2010 for a total of $4.8 ...
Since 1990, NASA has purchased expendable launch vehicle launch services directly from commercial providers, whenever possible, for its scientific and applications missions. Expendable launch vehicles can accommodate all types of orbit inclinations and altitudes and are ideal vehicles for launching Earth-orbit and interplanetary missions.
Orion (Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis program.The spacecraft consists of a Crew Module (CM) space capsule designed by Lockheed Martin that is paired with a European Service Module (ESM) manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space.
Antares (/ æ n ˈ t ɑː r iː z /), known during early development as Taurus II, is an American expendable medium-lift launch vehicle developed and built by Orbital Sciences Corporation (later Orbital ATK and Northrop Grumman) with financial support from NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program awarded in February 2008, alongside the company's automated cargo ...
A launch vehicle is typically a rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (a crewed spacecraft or satellites) from Earth's surface or lower atmosphere to outer space. The most common form is the ballistic missile -shaped multistage rocket , but the term is more general and also encompasses vehicles like the Space Shuttle .