When NASA transportation needs for the operational Space Station and for lunar and Mars exploration are better defined, Shuttle II and/or the Advanced Launch System and other vehicles now only being conceptualized will be needed. The Advanced Development Program of the Office of Space Flight has ...
The space shuttles of NASA, presently used to ferry astronauts to space, are partially reusable launch vehicles. Each shuttle is reused after several months of refitting work for each launch. Several countries, including US, Russia and India, are working on the concept of Reusable Launch Vehicle...
(1990). Launch Vehicles of the Future: Earth to Near-Earth Space. In: Kondo, Y. (eds) Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 166. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3454-5_46 Download citation .RIS .ENW .BIB DOIhttps...
DO Stanley,WM Piland - NASA Langley Technical Report Server 被引量: 14发表: 1993年 Advanced concepts for launch vehicle control The objective of the advanced launch system (ALS) program is to develop a family of launch vehicles which provides a substantial improvement in reliability... J Sifer...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Constellation Program is developing new launch vehicles (Ares) and spacecraft (Orion) to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. This paper presents plans, projections, and progress toward fielding the Ares I and Ares V vehicles, and...
Define launch vehicle. launch vehicle synonyms, launch vehicle pronunciation, launch vehicle translation, English dictionary definition of launch vehicle. n. A rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into an orbit or a trajectory. American Herita
“NASA Earth Orbital Space Station,” a poster-sized lithograph from McDonnell Douglas depicting a space station that tumbles for artificial-G. “Re-Entry Payload Launch Vehicle,” A *brief* General Dynamics presentation on a vehicle to launch re-entry vehicles such as MIRV warhead shapes “Propo...
In 1958, NASA began the development of the Scout Launch Vehicle. Both the Vanguard and Scout vehicles were used extensively in upper atmosphere, near space, and deep space exploration as well as in data-gathering flights. During these programs, three rocket motors were developed that used ...
Directorate and its Constellation Program chartered the Exploration Launch Projects Office, located at the Marshall Space Flight Center, to design, develop, test, and field a new generation of launch vehicles that would fulfill customer and stakeholder requirements for trips to the Moon, Mars, and ...
Flown SpaceX launch vehicles to scale – from left to right, the Falcon 1, Falcon 9 v1.0, Falcon 9 v1.1, Falcon 9 Full Thrust, Falcon 9 Block 5, Falcon Heavy, and Falcon Heavy Block 5. SpaceX's first launch vehicle, the Falcon 1, was the first privately developed liquid fuel launc...