NASA's new exploration initiative will again take humans beyond low Earth orbit, to the moon, and into deep space. The space agency is developing a new fleet of launch vehicles that will fulfill the national goals of replacing the Space Shuttle fleet, completing the International Space Station, establishing a permanent outpost on the moon, and eventually traveling to Mars. Separate crew and cargo vehicles emerged from mission architecture studies - the Ares I to carry the Orion crew exploration vehicle and its crew of4 to 6 astronauts, and the Ares V to carry the Altair lunar lander or other supplies to support future exploration missions. (Figure 1) These vehicles will be designed to be safe, affordable, sustainable, reliable, operable with the safety, reliability, flexibility, and operability to serve this nation's manned and unmanned exploration programs for the coming decades. This paper discusses recent and current progress on the Ares V and planned future activities.


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    Title :

    Ares V: Progress Towards a Heavy Lift Capability for the Moon and Beyond


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Space 2008 ; 2008 ; San Diego, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2008-09-09


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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