Tempest is a reusable crew exploration vehicle (CEV) for transferring crew from the Earth to the lunar surface and back. Tempest serves as a crew transfer module that supports a 4-person crew for a mission duration of ...

The Aztec reusable launch vehicle (RLV) concept is a two-stage-to-orbit (TSTO) horizontal takeoff, horizontal landing (HTHL) vehicle. The first stage is powered by ten JP- 5 fueled turbine-based combined-cycle (TBCC) ...

The Chimera rocket was designed to enter the small satellite market by offering an affordable and flexible alternative to the Pegasus launch vehicle. A number of design concepts were evaluated, and one was selected to ...

Centurion is an expendable heavy lift launch vehicle (HLLV) family for launching lunar exploration missions. Each vehicle in the family is built around a common two-stage core. The first stage of the core uses kerosene ...

The goal of this study was to explore the flight system options for the design of a long endurance Mars airplane mission. The mission model was built in the design framework ModelCenter and a combination of a hybrid and ...

Many conceptual launch vehicles are designed through the integration of various disciplines, such as aerodynamics, propulsion, trajectory, weights, and aeroheating. In the determination of the total vehicle weight, a ...

Artemis is a reusable excursion vehicle for lunar landing missions. It is intended to transport a notional CEV vehicle from low lunar orbit (LLO) to the lunar surface. It can be reused by refueling the vehicle in LLO. ...

The goal of this study was to determine the best system level modeling tool for the design of a long endurance Mars airplane mission, and to use this tool to determine the best configuration for the aircraft. The mission ...