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  2. Ares I-X - Wikipedia

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    Ares I-X was the first-stage prototype and design concept demonstrator of Ares I, a launch system for human spaceflight developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Ares I-X was successfully launched on October 28, 2009. [1] [2] The project cost was $445 million. [3] It was the final launch from LC-39B until Artemis 1 ...

  3. Ares I - Wikipedia

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    Burn time. ≈800 seconds. Propellant. LH 2 / LOX. [edit on Wikidata] Ares I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation program. [2] The name "Ares" refers to the Greek deity Ares, who is identified with the Roman god Mars. [3] Ares I was originally known as the "Crew Launch Vehicle" (CLV).

  4. Ares - Wikipedia

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    Ares. God of war and courage. Member of the Twelve Olympians. Cast of a Roman statue from Hadrian's Villa, copied from a Greek original. Traditionally identified as Ares or Hermes. Abode. Mount Olympus, temples in mainland Greece, Crete and Asia minor. Planet. Mars.

  5. Constellation program - Wikipedia

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    The Constellation program (abbreviated CxP) was a crewed spaceflight program developed by NASA, the space agency of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. The major goals of the program were "completion of the International Space Station " and a "return to the Moon no later than 2020" with a crewed flight to the planet Mars as the ultimate goal.

  6. List of Constellation missions - Wikipedia

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    List of Constellation missions. Artist's rendition of the docking of Orion to the ISS. Ares I-X launches from LC-39B, 15:30 UTC, October 28, 2009. The Constellation Program was NASA's planned future human spaceflight program between 2005 and 2009, which aimed to develop a new crewed spacecraft (Orion) and a pair of launchers (Ares I and Ares V ...

  7. Ares V - Wikipedia

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    Ares V Lite was a scaled down Ares V. [35] [36] It would have used five RS-68 engines and two five-segment SRBs and have had a low Earth orbit payload of approximately 140 metric tons (309,000 lb). [37] If chosen, Ares V Lite would have replaced the Ares V and Ares I launchers. One Ares V Lite version would have been a cargo lifter like Ares V ...

  8. Space policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Ares I-X mission, a test launch of a prototype Ares I rocket, was successfully completed in October 2009. A new National Space Policy was released on August 31, 2006, that established overarching national policy that governs the conduct of U.S. space activities.

  9. Orion (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    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 and the European Service Module (ESM) manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space. Capable of supporting a crew of four beyond low ...