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    Shuttle-derived vehicles (SDV) are space launch vehicles and spacecraft that use components, technology, and infrastructure originally developed for the...
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    The Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle ("HLV") was an alternate super heavy-lift launch vehicle proposal for the NASA Constellation program. It...
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    Shuttle SERV Magnum (rocket) Shuttle-derived vehicle Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle, a heavy lift launch vehicle with a similar...
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    Launch Vehicle was a study by NASA to turn the Space Shuttle launch stack into a dedicated uncrewed cargo launcher. The external tank and Space Shuttle Solid...
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    part of the discontinued Space Shuttle program. Operated from 1977 to 2011 by NASA, the U.S. space agency, this vehicle could carry astronauts and payloads...
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    again, most notably Space Shuttle-derived vehicles and Rus-M, but none were built. In the 2010s, super heavy-lift launch vehicles received interest once...
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    Force Base. The Shuttle is the only winged crewed spacecraft to have achieved orbit and landing, and the first reusable crewed space vehicle that made multiple...
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    The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) was the component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contained the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer...
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    Ares V (redirect from Cargo Launch Vehicle)
    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...
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    Ares I (redirect from Crew Launch Vehicle)
    exploration systems" A Shuttle-derived launch architecture was selected by NASA for the Ares I. Originally, the crewed vehicle would have used a four-segment...
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    The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) was the first solid-propellant rocket to be used for primary propulsion on a vehicle used for human spaceflight...
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    retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active Space Shuttles to be retired, completing...
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    Space Launch System (category Shuttle-derived space launch vehicles)
    Space Shuttle as well as the cancelled Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles. As a Shuttle-derived vehicle, the SLS reuses hardware from the Shuttle program...
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    agency's planned Ares I and Ares V rockets with a family of Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles named "Jupiter". It was intended to be the alternative to the...
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  • Space Shuttle was $409 million, or $14,186 per kilogram ($6,435 per pound) to low Earth orbit (LEO). In contrast, the comparable Proton launch vehicle cost...
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    development of two shuttle-derived launch vehicles to support the now defunct Constellation Program; one derived from the space shuttle's solid rocket booster...
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    The Honda Fit Shuttle is a subcompact station wagon derived from the Fit and is mainly available in Japan's domestic market. The Shuttle is also a successor...
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    Air Force in using the shuttle for their missions as well. The Air Force was mildly interested but demanded a much larger vehicle, far larger than the original...
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    Magnum (rocket) (category Cancelled space launch vehicles)
    payload into low Earth orbit (LEO). Shuttle-C Shuttle-derived vehicle Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle presented 2009 National Launch System...
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    crewed space vehicles envisioned in 1969 to support extended operations beyond the Apollo program (NASA appropriated the name for its Space Shuttle Program...
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    then derived in HTV-3X and now canceled In parallel, some work was still dedicated to the conceptual development of a Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle (HCV)...
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    Retrieved January 8, 2012. Shannon, John (June 17, 2009). "Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle" (PDF). NASA. Archived (PDF) from the original on April...
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    was to have consisted of an Apollo-derived spacecraft launched on the Ares I rocket, which would use a Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster as its first...
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    a Space Shuttle-derived design, and McDonnell Douglas proposed a design based on its vertical takeoff and landing (VTVL) DC-XA test vehicle.[citation...
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    Honda Fit (second generation) (category Honda vehicles)
    The Fit Shuttle is a compact station wagon derived from the second generation Fit and is available in Japan's domestic market. The Shuttle is also a...
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  • missions which would have been mounted to rescue the crew of a Space Shuttle if their vehicle was damaged and deemed unable to make a successful reentry. Such...
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    the Space Shuttle orbiter for early flights. Orion's CM uses advanced technologies, including: Glass cockpit digital control systems derived from those...
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    Liberty (rocket) (category Shuttle-derived space launch vehicles)
    privately operated crew vehicles to low Earth orbit. Similar to the defunct Ares I project, which consisted of a five segment Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster...
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    Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B (category Space Shuttle program)
    configured for use by the agency's Space Launch System rocket, a Shuttle-derived launch vehicle which is currently used in the Artemis program and subsequent...
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    (18 kg) Primary Life Support: Vehicle Provided Backup Life Support: Vehicle Provided Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shuttle Ejection Escape Suit. Daniel...
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