Ares I

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crew launch vehicle expendable launch vehicle rocket suborbital test flight

Ares I was a planned NASA crew launch vehicle under the Constellation program, designed to carry astronauts to low Earth orbit and support future missions to the Moon.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ares I-X 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crew launch vehicle ⓘ
expendable launch vehicle ⓘ
rocket ⓘ
suborbital test flight ⓘ
agencyProgramManager NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Crew Launch Vehicle NERFINISHED ⓘ
announced 2005 ⓘ
cancellationDate 2010 ⓘ
cancellationReason Constellation program termination ⓘ
configuration two-stage in-line rocket ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewCapacityPlanned up to 6 astronauts ⓘ
designer NASA Marshall Space Flight Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
developmentStart mid-2000s ⓘ
firstStageOrigin Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstStageSegments 5-segment solid rocket booster ⓘ
firstStageType solid rocket booster ⓘ
guidanceSystem inertial guidance ⓘ
intendedReplacementFor Space Shuttle for crew transport ⓘ
intendedUse crew transport to low Earth orbit ⓘ
support for lunar missions ⓘ
launchDate 2009-10-28 ⓘ
launchEscapeSystem Orion launch abort system NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchSitePlanned Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionProfile launch Orion to low Earth orbit ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
partOf Constellation program NERFINISHED ⓘ
payload Orion crew exploration vehicle NERFINISHED ⓘ
plannedFirstCrewedFlight 2010s ⓘ
programCancelledBy Obama administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
programGoal enable future Mars missions ⓘ
return humans to the Moon ⓘ
propulsionType solid and liquid propulsion ⓘ
relatedProgram Orion program NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedVehicle Ares V NERFINISHED ⓘ
safetyGoal improved crew safety over Space Shuttle ⓘ
secondStagePropellant liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
secondStageType liquid-fueled upper stage ⓘ
status cancelled ⓘ
successor Space Launch System NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetOrbit low Earth orbit ⓘ
technologyHeritage Apollo-era Saturn upper stages ⓘ
Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters NERFINISHED ⓘ
testFlight Ares I-X NERFINISHED ⓘ
upperStageEngine J-2X NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ares I-X test flight → launchVehicleConceptTested → Ares I ⓘ
subject surface form: Ares I-X
Ares I-X test flight → relatedTo → Ares I ⓘ
subject surface form: Ares I-X
Constellation program → component → Ares I ⓘ
Constellation program → primaryLaunchVehicleForCrew → Ares I ⓘ
Ares V (cancelled) → relatedVehicle → Ares I ⓘ
subject surface form: Ares V