The Ares V (formerly known as the Cargo Launch Vehicle or CaLV) was the planned cargo launch component of the cancelled NASA Constellation program, which was to have replaced the Space Shuttle after its retirement in 2011. Ares V was also planned to carry supplies for a human presence on Mars. [4]

May 27, 2024 · The Ares V was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle designed by NASA as part of the Constellation program, which aimed to return humans to the Moon and eventually send crewed missions to Mars. Envisioned as the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, the Ares V was intended to serve as the primary launch vehicle for cargo and components ...

American heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. NASA baseline heavy-lift vehicle to renew manned lunar exploration by 2020. AKA: Cargo Launch Vehicle. Status: In development. Payload: 124,600 kg (274,600 lb). Thrust: 32,629.61 kN (7,335,427 lbf). Gross mass: 3,360,000 kg (7,400,000 lb). Height: 109.20 m (358.20 ft). Diameter: 8.40 m (27.50 ft).

The Ares V is the heavy-lift component of NASA's dual-launch architecture that will replace the current space shuttle fleet, complete the International Space Station, and establish a permanent human presence on the Moon as a stepping-stone to destinations beyond.

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.

The Ares V was a plan to create a cargo rocket for the cancelled Constellation program. Ares V was planned to launch the Earth Departure Stage and Altair lunar lander for a plan to return to the Moon in 2019.

Ares V is a vital part of the cost-effective space transportation infrastructure being developed by NASA’s Constellation Program to carry human explorers back to the moon, and then onward to Mars and other destinations in the solar system. The Ares V effort includes multiple hardware and propulsion element teams at NASA centers

A Ares V Elements Earth Departure Stage (EDS) I • One Saturn-derived J-2X LOX/LH2 engine (expendable) • 10-m (33-ft) diameter stage • Aluminum-Lithium (AI-Li) tanks • Composite structures, instrument unit and interstage • Primary Ares V avionics system Solid Rocket Boosters • Two recoverable 5.5-segment PBAN-fueled boosters (derived ...

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.

Sep 2, 2023 · The Ares-5 lunar heavy cargo launch vehicle was a concept for a heavy lift launch vehicle derived from heritage launch vehicle technology. It was to use a pair of longer five-segment solid rocket boosters derived from the Space Shuttle and five RS-68 Engines of Delta-4 heritage to put up to 125 metric tons in orbit.