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This page is an incomplete list of orbital rocket engine data and specifications. Current, Upcoming, and In-Development rocket engines ... Space Shuttle, Orion ...
Most liquid engines use a bipropellant, consisting of two liquid propellants (fuel and oxidizer) which are stored and handled separately before being mixed and burned inside the combustion chamber. Hybrid-propellant rockets use a combination of solid and liquid propellant, typically involving a liquid oxidizer being pumped through a hollow ...
The Saturn V reached 400 feet per second (120 m/s) at over 1 mile (1,600 m) in altitude. Much of the early portion of the flight was spent gaining altitude, with the required velocity coming later. The Saturn V broke the sound barrier at just over 1 minute at an altitude of between 3.45 and 4.6 miles (5.55 and 7.40 km). At this point, shock ...
Comparison of Saturn V, Shuttle, Ares I, Ares V, Ares IV, and SLS Block 1. Shuttle-derived vehicles (SDV) are space launch vehicles and spacecraft that use components, technology, and infrastructure originally developed for the Space Shuttle program. [1] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, NASA formally studied a cargo-only vehicle, Shuttle-C ...
A Saturn V rocket, one of the most powerful operational launch vehicles to date. This article compares different orbital launcher families (launchers which are significantly different from other members of the same 'family' have separate entries).
Saturn IB Saturn V: 3: 8.5: 3.91: 5,500 CM + 14,700 LM + 24,500 Service Module: Fuel cells Parachute splashdown (two drogues, three pilots, three mains) 1967 (1966) 1975: 15 (4) [note 3] Space Shuttle orbiter USA: Rockwell International: LEO: Space Shuttle: 8 [note 4] 37.24: 4.8 [note 5] 109,000: Fuel cells Runway landing (with one pilot and ...
The American Saturn MLV family of rockets was proposed in 1965 by NASA as successors to the Saturn V rocket. [64] It would have been able to carry up to 160,880 kg (354,680 lb) to low Earth orbit. The Nova designs were also studied by NASA before the agency chose the Saturn V in the early 1960s [65] Nova was cancelled in 1964 and had reusable ...
The Saturn-Shuttle was a preliminary concept of launching the Space Shuttle orbiter using a modified version of the first stage of the Saturn V rocket. [1] It was studied and considered in 1971–1972.