... Rocket Workshop Manual (1942 onwards) provides a hint that this is more of a history book than a catalogue of available launch vehicles. In fact, those with any knowledge of that industry will find the coverage of Chinese Long March rockets...
... Heavy, SLS, Vulcan, and New Glenn. The value of being able to fly on many different launch vehicles cannot be over-stated. Launch vehicle flexibility is a massive overall risk reduction for both initial and sustaining operations. It decouples any...
... participate in our projects and in turn invited Soviet scientists to work on NASA projects. Now, Russia must provide launch vehicles for European projects for the chance to participate in just one or two experiments, or to install its own equipment...
...list of technologies it deems essential for a journey to Mars which include - ground operations, a heavy-launch vehicle, crew capsule, a deep-space transit vehicle with high-efficiency in-space propulsion and power, protection from radiation, optical...
... without astronauts. In fact, we have funding for a multi-year effort to work on upper stage re-purposing with a variety of launch vehicle providers. This really opens the door to true exploration at far lower cost. Following the study, we announced...
... space programme achieved good results developing the Sonda sounding rockets, pointing the way to the Satellite Launch Vehicle (VLS) orbital rockets that followed. For example, the final project prior to the development of the VLS...