rockets

soyuz

A series of Russian/Soviet spacecraft in 1960s still in service today

ares I

Ares I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation program

atlas V

Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas rocket family. It was originally designed by Lockheed Martin, now being operated by United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Each Atlas V rocket consists of two main stages

atlas

Atlas is a family of US missiles and space launch vehicles that originated with the SM-65 Atlas. The Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile program was initiated in the late 1950s under the Convair Division of General Dynamics

delta

Delta is an American versatile family of expendable launch systems that has provided space launch capability in the United States since 1960. More than 300 Delta rockets have been launched with a 95% success rate. Only the Delta IV Heavy rocket remains in use as of November 2020

energia rocket

Energia was a super-heavy lift launch vehicle. It was designed by NPO Energia of the Soviet Union for a variety of payloads including the Buran spacecraft.

long march 5

Long March 5 is a Chinese heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. It is the first Chinese launch vehicle designed from the ground up to focus on non-hypergolic liquid rocket propellants. There are currently two CZ-5 variants: CZ-5 and CZ-5

new glenn

New Glenn, named after John Glenn, is a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. Design work on the vehicle began in 2012.

delta IV

Primary Function: Designed for optimum performance for a wide range of flight profiles Payload Capability: Up to 48,260 lbs. into low earth orbit; 28,120 lbs. into geotransfer orbit; 13,840 lbs. into geostationary orbit

proton

Proton is an expendable launch system used for both commercial and Russian government space launches. The first Proton rocket was launched in 1965

delta IV heavy

The Delta IV Heavy is an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest type of the Delta IV family and the world's second highest-capacity rocket in operation, behind SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket and closely followed by CNSA's Long March 5 Rocket

long march 2F

The Long March 2F, also known as the CZ-2F, LM-2F and Shenjian, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket, part of the Long March 2 rocket family. Designed to launch crewed Shenzhou, the Long March 2F is a human-rated two-stage version of the Long March 2E rocket, which in turn was based on the Long March 2C launch vehicle

long march 9

The Long March 9 is a Chinese super-heavy carrier rocket concept proposed in 2018 that is currently in study. It is planned for a maximum payload capacity of 140,000 kg to low Earth orbit, 50,000 kg to trans-lunar injection or 44,000 kg to Mars.

N1

The N1/L3 was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit. The N1 was the Soviet counterpart to the US Saturn V and was intended to enable crewed travel to Earth's Moon and beyond, with studies beginning as early as 1959

saturn I

The Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States' first medium lift launch vehicle for up to 20,000-pound low Earth orbit payloads. The rocket's first stage was built as a cluster of propellant tanks engineered from older rocket tank designs, leading critics to jokingly refer to it as "Cluster's Last Stand".

saturn IB

The Saturn IB was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the Apollo program. It uprated the Saturn I by replacing the S-IV second stage, with the S-IVB

starship space X

The SpaceX Starship system is a proposed fully reusable, two-stage-to-orbit super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX. The system is composed of a booster stage, named Super Heavy, and a second stage, also referred to as "Starship".

Titan II

The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile and space launcher developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company from the earlier Titan I missile

vostok

The name of the Russian station in which the deepest ice cores can be collected from (up to 420,000 year old ice).

voskhod

This program was quickly superseded by the Soyuz program. The spacecraft used in this program made use of Sergei Korolev's design. This program's missions were the first to contain multiple astronauts, and the platform for the first spacewalk.

titan IV

Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005. Launches were conducted from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

falcon 9

What is the name of the SpaceX rocket that was launched on Sunday and returned safely to Kennedy Space Center later the same day?

ariane 5

satellite launch vehicle failed because code that worked correctly on the Ariane 4 failed on the Ariane 5.

saturn V

used for the apollo missions