Atlas rocket
Mercury mission vehicle
Atlas rocket is a family of American launch vehicles that has been in service since the 1950s, originally developed as intercontinental ballistic missiles before being adapted for space launches.
Atlas rockets carried the first American astronauts into orbit and continue launching satellites and spacecraft today: The satellite was delivered to orbit aboard an Atlas V.
- launch vehicleRocket carrying spacecraft upward
- launchSet into motion
- launch padRocket departure platform
- spaceUnoccupied area or interval
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
mission control · go for launch · space race · booster · heavy lift · payload · orbit · Cape Canaveral · thrust · propulsion · liquid oxygen · Mercury · Gemini · satellite · liftoff · missile · aerospace · fuel
Atlas rocketSpace Shuttle
Reusable orbital spacecraft
Falcon 9 · Starship · spaceplane · space capsule · glider
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