Ares I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation program. [2] 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]

Ares I-X was the first-stage prototype and design concept demonstrator of Ares I, a launch system for human spaceflight developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The first flight test for NASA’s Constellation Program is called Ares I-X and it will bring the agency one step closer to its exploration goals -- to transport astronauts to the International Space Station after the space shuttle retires and explore destinations beyond low Earth orbit.

Ares, family of two launch vehicles, Ares I and Ares V, for the proposed Constellation program, the crewed U.S. spaceflight program that was scheduled to succeed the space shuttle program and focus on missions to the Moon and Mars.

American heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. The design selected to boost America's Orion manned spacecraft into space in the 21st Century was a family of launch vehicles dubbed Ares.

Ares I is designed to carry up to four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). It also can be launched in tandem with the Ares V cargo launch vehicle to perform a variety of missions beyond LEO.

Aug 14, 2009 · 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. Ares I-X rivals the height of the Apollo Program's 364-foot-tall Saturn V.

This paper describes the control challenges posed by the Ares I vehicle, the flight control system design and performan ce analyses used to test and ver ify the design.

Dec 21, 2009 · With the biggest, strongest rocket parachutes ever built of course! And they are snuggly packed in the forward section of the Ares I-X rocket, awaiting their debut performance. The Ares I-X flight will be the first full flight test of the Ares I first stage parachute system.

Ares I is an in-line, two-stage rocket configuration topped by the Orion crew vehicle and its launch abort system. Ares 1 will use a 5-segment Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) for its first stage, with a liquid-fuelled second stage powered by a single J2X rocket engine derived from the Saturn IB and Saturn V rockets.