NASA's Vision for Exploration requires a safe, efficient, reliable, and versatile launch vehicle capable of placing large payloads into Earth orbit for transfer to the Moon and destinations beyond. The Ares V Cargo Launch Vehicle (CaLV) will provide this heavy lift capability. The Ares V launch concept is shown in Fig. 1. When it stands on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center late in the next decade, the Ares V stack will be almost 360 feet tall. As currently envisioned, it will lift 133,000 to 144,000 pounds to trans-lunar injection, depending on the length of loiter time on Earth orbit. This presentation will provide an overview of the Constellation architecture, the Ares launch vehicles, and, specifically, the latest developments in the RS-68B engine for the Ares V.


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    Title :

    Exploration Launch Projects RS-68B Engine Requirements for NASA's Heavy Lift Ares V


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    Conference:

    7th NRO/AIAA Space Launch Integration Forum ; 2007 ; Chantilly, VA, United States


    Publication date :

    2007-07-24


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English