Directory of Launch Vehicles Resources

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Launch Vehicles are used to deploy objects like artificial satellites, manned spacecraft and scientific probes into space.

Subcategories

• Experimental and Futuristic
• Propulsion
• Space Shuttle
• X-prize

Resources in This Category

• Aerosike Engine

  http://www.aerospaceweb.org/design/aerospike/index.shtml
  Information about aerospike and annular nozzles, such as how they work and their advantages and disadvantages.

• Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft

  http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4205/cover.html
  By Courtney G. Brooks. James M. Grimwood and Loyd S. Swenson, Jr.

• ESA - Launch vehicles

  http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Launchers_Access_to_Space/index.html
  Space launchers developed or used by the European Space Agency.

• History of the Delta Launch Vehicle

  http://kevinforsyth.net/delta/
  A chronicle of the development of the Boeing McDonnell Douglas Delta family of expendable launch vehicles, from the Thor-Delta (1960) to the present day.

• Micro Launch Vehicle

  http://hybrids.com/mulv.html
  Information on a project aiming to design the world's smallest orbital launch vehicle.

• NASA - Ares Launch Vehicles

  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/index.html
  Information about NASA's Ares rockets which will return humans to the moon and later take them to Mars and other destinations.

• NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

  http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/home/
  Home page of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center which develops key transportation and propulsion technologies.

• NSAU Launch Vehicles

  http://www.nkau.gov.ua/NSAU/catalognew.nsf/systemE?openview
  This page contains links leading to pages with information on launch vehicles developed and operated by the National Space Agency of Ukraine.

• Orbital

  http://www.orbital.com/SpaceLaunch/
  Offers presentation of the company's launch vehicles, including the Pegasus and others.

• Project Orion Links

  http://www.angelfire.com/stars2/projectorion/
  Spacedrive technology based on nuclear power. Personal page.

• Russian Launch Vehicles

  http://www.russianspaceweb.com/rockets_launchers.html
  Provides a listing of Russian launch vehicles and a comparison of their sizes. Links are provided for obtaining further information on the modern launchers such as Energia.

• SpaceX - Falcon

  http://www.spacex.com/
  Information about the Falcon Rocket family developed by SpaceX.

• Wikipedia Category: Space Launch Vehicles

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Space_launch_vehicles
  List of articles about current and historical launch vehicles and also articles about different types of launch systems.

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