Ares (rocket)

In terms of rocketry, Ares could mean:

  • Three Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles under development for NASA's Project Constellation program:
    • Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV), designed to launch the Orion spacecraft
    • Ares IV (launch vehicle), a proposed dual-use launcher for either the CLV or Lunar Surface Access Module (LSAM)
    • Ares V Cargo Launch Vehicle (CaLV), primarily intended to launch the Lunar Surface Access Module.
  • Ares ICBM, a proposed ICBM and SST launch vehicle
  • Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey (ARES), a proposed Martian rocket airplane
  • Aries (rocket), a modified LGM-30 Minuteman missile, used to test missile defense systems

See also

These were specifically made for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle.

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