Ares (rocket)
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- This article is about the Ares launch vehicles. For other uses, see Ares (disambiguation).
In terms of rocketry, Ares could mean:
- Two SDLV launch vehicles under development for NASAs Project Constellation program:
- The Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV), designed to launch the Crew Exploration Vehicle.
- The Ares V Cargo Launch Vehicle (CaLV), primarily intended to launch the Lunar Surface Access Module.
- The Ares ICBM, a proposed ICBM and SSTO launch vehicle.
- Aries, a modified Minuteman missile, used to test missile defence systems.