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Ares I

United States

A crew launch vehicle designed for NASA's Constellation program, intended to succeed the Space Shuttle by pairing a Shuttle-derived solid rocket booster first stage with a liquid-fueled upper stage to carry Orion spacecraft to orbit. Only a single suborbital test article, Ares I-X, ever flew before the program was cancelled in 2010.

Facts
Vehicle Class
Medium-lift crewed launch vehicle (cancelled before operational service) 2
Manufacturer
ATK / Boeing 3
First Flight Date
2009-10-28 2
Date of the sole Ares I-X suborbital test flight; the design never reached operational, crewed service.
Status
Cancelled in 2010 with the Constellation program; its solid-booster heritage informed the later Space Launch System. 2
Status
Status (category)
Cancelled 1
Connections

Has Vehicle Class

Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle, Concepts
Source Ares I (Wikipedia)

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source NASA History Office
In the Other Atlases

Manufactured By

Alliant Techsystems

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

The Boeing Company

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Sources
1. Ares I (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    However, the Constellation program, including Ares I, was cancelled by U.S.
  • In Group: NASA-Developed Launch Systems, Lead sentence
    Ares I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation program.
  • Has Vehicle Class: Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle, Infobox: function
    Heavy-lift launch vehicle
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2. NASA History Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/ares-i-x-complete/
    Standing tall at its fully assembled height of 327 feet, the Ares I-X is one of the largest rockets ever processed in the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3, Super Stack 5 at the Kennedy Space Center.
  • Operated By: NASA
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3. Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://astronautix.com/a/ares.html
Quote, http://astronautix.com/a/ares.html
The Ares I would boost Orion to earth-orbit missions with the International Space Station beginning in 2012 (as of 2006 - this had slipped to 2016 by 2008).

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