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The name "Ares" refers to the Greek deity Ares, who is identified with the Roman god Mars. [3] Ares I was originally known as the "Crew Launch Vehicle" (CLV). [4] NASA planned to use Ares I to launch Orion, the spacecraft intended for NASA human spaceflight missions after the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011.
[2] [3] [4] The ARES team, headed by Dr. Joel S. Levine, [5] sought to be selected and funded as a NASA Mars Scout Mission for a 2011 or 2013 launch window. [6] ARES was chosen as one of four finalists in the program, out of 25 potential programs. [7] However, the Phoenix mission was ultimately chosen instead. [8]
The Earth Departure Stage (EDS) is the name given to the proposed second stage of the Block 2 Space Launch System.The EDS is intended to boost the rocket's payload into a parking orbit around the Earth and from there send the payload out of low Earth orbit to its destination in a manner similar to that of the S-IVB rocket stage used on the Saturn V rockets that propelled the Apollo spacecraft ...
Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968, and was the second crewed spaceflight mission flown in the United States Apollo space program (the first, Apollo 7, stayed in Earth orbit). Apollo 8 was the third flight and the first crewed launch of the Saturn V rocket.
Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module ...
The name "Ares" refers to the Greek deity Ares, who is identified with the Roman god Mars. [18] Ares I was originally known as the "Crew Launch Vehicle" (CLV). [19] NASA planned to use Ares I to launch Orion, the spacecraft intended for NASA human spaceflight missions after the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011.
He did not go into space until Dec. 21, 1968, when Apollo 8 lifted off on the first crewed mission to leave Earth orbit and travel 240,000 miles (386,000 km) to the moon.
Apollo 8: 1969 January USSR First parachute to be deployed on another planet (Venus) Venera 5: 1969 January 16 USSR First crew exchange in space First docking of two manned spacecraft Soyuz 4 / Soyuz 5. 1969 July 20 USA First humans on the Moon First space launch from another celestial body First sample return from the Moon Apollo 11: 1969 ...