List of NASA launch vehicles

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This is a list of launch vehicles used in missions by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Intercontinental ballistic missiles such as the SM-65 Atlas, are not included. Launch vehicles used for missions operated by private companies (such as SpaceX) for NASA are also not included.

List

NameYears in operationProgramNotes
Big Joe 1 1959 Project Mercury
Blue Scout II 1961
Little Joe 1959-1961
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle [1] 1960-1961First crewed launch vehicle
Titan II GLV 1964-1966 Project Gemini
Little Joe II 1963-1966 Apollo program Uncrewed
Saturn I [2] 1961-1965
Saturn IB [3] 1966-1975Also used in the Apollo-Soyuz mission
Saturn V [4] 1967-1973First launch vehicle to take humans past Low Earth orbit, used in Skylab missions
Space Shuttle [5] 1981-2011 Space Shuttle program First partially reusable launch vehicle
Atlas V [6] 2002-2025 Commercial Crew Program Active as of June 2025, retiring
Space Launch System [7] 2022- Artemis program Active as part of the Artemis program
Delta rocket family 1960-2024Various programs
Atlas rocket family 1957-Various programsActive
Titan rocket family 1958-2005Various programs

References

  1. ↑ "Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle - NASA". 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
  2. ↑ "60 Years Ago: First Launch of a Saturn Rocket - NASA". 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
  3. ↑ Chrysler, McDonnell Douglas (September 1968). Saturn IB News Reference (1968 version).
  4. ↑ Boeing Company; McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Space Division of North American Rockwell Corporation (December 1968). Saturn V News Reference (1968 version).
  5. ↑ "Space Shuttle - NASA" . Retrieved 2025-06-20.
  6. ↑ "Atlas V - NASA" . Retrieved 2025-06-20.
  7. ↑ "Space Launch System (SLS) - NASA" . Retrieved 2025-06-20.
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