NASA's Ares V cargo launch vehicle (CLV), named after its five first-stage cryogenic powerplants, could have six engines, be taller than the Apollo programme's Saturn V and diminish the space agency's ...

WASHINGTON — NASA has released a draft request for proposals, or RFP, regarding Phase I of its Ares V launch vehicle. The rocket will perform heavy lift and cargo functions as part of the next ...

NASA has dropped the Ares V cargo launch vehicle (CaLV) and Altair lunar lander from its Constellation programme's Exploration ground launch services (EGLS) request for proposals citing, the CaLV's ...

Engineers working on the early design of NASA’s planned Ares V heavy lift launch vehicle have about 600 aerodynamic data points on the big rocket’s performance during ascent after a series of wind ...