Atlas (rocket family)

American expendable launch system

family of American missiles and space launch vehicles

American expendable launch system

first full-scale prototype of the Atlas missile

family of American intercontinental ballistic missiles; first operational ICBM

series of American expendable launch system

prototype of the Atlas missile

American expendable launch system

tiny near-Earth asteroid or artificial object

The Atlas-Centaur was a United States expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. The vehicle featured a Centaur upper stage, the first such stage to use high-performance liquid hydrogen as fuel. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. After a strenuous flight test program, Atlas-Centaur went on to launch several crucial spaceflight missions for the United States, including Surveyor 1, and Pioneer 10/11. The vehicle would be continuously developed and improved into the 1990s, with the last direct descendan

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978. It was used to launch the first five Mariner uncrewed probes to the planets Venus and Mars, and the Ranger and Lunar Orbiter uncrewed probes to the Moon. The upper stage was also used as an uncrewed orbital target vehicle for the Gemini crewed spacecraft to practice rendezvous and docking. However, the launch vehicle family was originally developed for the Air Force and most of its launches were classifi

American launch system

Nippo-American rocket

first stage of the Atlas V rocket

thumb|Rocketdyne LR89 at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum The Rocketdyne LR89 was a liquid-fueled rocket engine developed in the 1950s by Rocketdyne, a division of North American Aviation. It was designed to serve as a booster engine the Atlas rocket family. The LR89 was a liquid oxygen (LOX) and RP-1 (kerosene) engine.

thumb|An LR105 Atlas sustainer engine on display at the Air Zoo. The LR105 is a liquid-fuel rocket engine that served as the sustainer engine for the Atlas rocket family. Developed by Rocketdyne in 1957 as the S-4, it is called a sustainer engine because it continues firing after the LR89 booster engines have been jettisoned, providing thrust during the ascent phase.

first operational version of the U.S. Atlas missile

Belgian American rocket scientist

The Atlas-Able was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was used to launch several Pioneer spacecraft towards the Moon. Of the five Atlas-Able rockets built, two failed during static firings, and the other three failed to reach orbit.

prototype of the Atlas missile

American launch vehicle

expendable launch vehicle

type of American expendable launch vehicle

American expendable launch vehicle

U.S. experimental supersonic rocket