Nova was a series of NASA's rocket designs that were proposed both before and after the Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo program. Nova was NASA's first large launcher proposed in 1958, for missions similar to what Saturn V was subsequently used for.

May 31, 2019 · Before NASA decided to launch Apollo on the Saturn V rocket, the agency considered a larger rocket called Nova. The necessary launch vehicle for the heavier Direct …

Nova was NASA's ultimate launch vehicle, studied intently from 1959 to 1962. Originally conceived to allow a direct manned landing on the moon, in its final iteration it was to put a million-pound payload into low earth orbit to support manned Mars expeditions.

Nova is a fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle being developed by Stoke Space. [4] . Announced in October 2023, [5] Stoke Space plans to use two stages with an expected payload capacity of 5 tons (5,000 kg) to low Earth orbit (LEO), with the first stage performing a return-to-launch-site (RTLS) landing.

Jan 3, 2021 · Nova was a conceptual family of heavy-lift rockets studied by NASA in the early 1960s. While it was ultimately rejected in favor of the Saturn family, it remains one of the most popular cancelled space projects in history.

The Saturn C-8 was the largest member of the Saturn series of rockets to be designed. [1] It was a potential alternative to the Nova rocket, should NASA have chosen a direct ascent method of lunar exploration for the Apollo program. The first stage …

Jun 26, 2015 · The Saturn V rocket took American astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s, and it remains the largest, most powerful rocket ever launched from American soil. But an earlier lunar mission...

Jun 17, 2024 · A Nova-class rocket could have enabled more ambitious missions to the Moon, such as the establishment of permanent lunar bases, and could have served as a stepping stone toward manned missions to Mars and beyond.

Nova was a series of proposed rocket designs, originally as NASA's first large launchers for missions similar to the production-level Saturn V. Nova studied designs that closely mirrored the Saturn V in basic concept, power, size and function.

6 days ago · An artist’s conception shows Stoke Space’s Nova rocket in flight. (Stoke Space Illustration) The U.S. Space Force has added Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space and California-based Rocket Lab USA to ...