Ares (rocket)
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For other uses, see Ares (disambiguation).
In terms of rocketry, Ares could mean:
- Three Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles under development for NASA's Project Constellation program:
- The Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV), designed to launch the Orion (spacecraft).
- The Ares IV launch vehicle, a proposed dual-use launcher for either the CLV or Lunar Surface Access Module (LSAM).
- 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.