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Planned lander spacecraft component of NASA's cancelled Project Constellation
The Altair spacecraft, previously known as the Lunar Surface Access Module or LSAM, was the planned lander spacecraft component of NASA's cancelled Constellation
Altair_(spacecraft)
Cancelled 2005–2010 NASA human spaceflight program
designed other spacecraft for use during Constellation, including the Orion crew capsule, the Earth Departure Stage secondary booster, and the Altair lunar lander
Constellation_program
Lunar lander family for the Artemis program
lander LK (spacecraft) – Soviet crewed lunar lander Starship HLS – SpaceX's lunar lander variant of the Starship spacecraft Altair (spacecraft) – the crewed
Blue_Moon_(spacecraft)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Altair in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Altair is a star in the Aquila constellation. Altair may also refer to: Altair Airlines, a regional
Altair_(disambiguation)
Lunar lander designed for human spaceflight
and the LK Lunar Module programs without any further development. Altair (spacecraft), a proposed lunar module for the Constellation program previously
Lunar_module
Artemis program crewed spacecraft
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used by NASA for the Artemis lunar exploration program. It consists of
Orion_(spacecraft)
2026 crewed flyby of the Moon
the Space Launch System (SLS), and the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity by the four-person crew. The mission was a test flight
Artemis_II
Proposed family of US super heavy-lift launch vehicles
lunar spacecraft would transfer from the spent JUS to the fresh JUS. The assembled Orion/Altair/JUS would leave Earth orbit for the Moon. The spacecraft would
DIRECT & Jupiter Rocket Family
DIRECT_&_Jupiter_Rocket_Family
Alternative technology to enable extravehicular activity
displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Altair (spacecraft) – Planned lander spacecraft component of NASA's cancelled Project Constellation
Suitport
Russian data relay system
Луч; lit. Ray) Satellite Data Relay Network (SDRN), also referred to as Altair and Gelios, is a series of geosynchronous Russian relay satellites, used
Luch_(satellite)
Bellerophon – The ship that took colonists to Altair IV in Forbidden Planet Black Boa (MXOV-801) - A spacecraft featured in the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The
List_of_fictional_spacecraft
This is a list of all crewed spacecraft types that have flown into space, including sub-orbital flights above 80 km, space stations that have been visited
List_of_crewed_spacecraft
Method for conducting round trip human flights to the Moon
to send both spacecraft to the Moon. This mode had been revived for Project Constellation as the Earth Departure Stage (EDS) and Altair (LSAM), which
Earth_orbit_rendezvous
China crewed lunar surface lander
method of trajectory design. Apollo Lunar Module LK (spacecraft) – Soviet crewed lunar lander Altair – the crewed lander component of NASA's cancelled Constellation
Lanyue
Solid propellant rocket used by the Space Shuttle
have allowed the Ares V to place both the Earth Departure Stage and Altair spacecraft into low-Earth orbit for later on-orbit assembly. Unlike the 5-segment
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster
American Rocket Engine
performance and safety over equivalently sized hypergolic propulsion systems in spacecraft applications such as ascent engines or service module engines. The mass
RS-18
European mission to study Jupiter and its moons since 2023
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice, formerly JUICE) is an interplanetary spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). It is on its way to orbit
Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Explorer
Soviet lunar module intended to be used in the Soviet lunar landing attempts
further development. Sergei Korolev, the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the 1950s and 1960s, planned to adopt the same lunar orbit
LK_(spacecraft)
spaceflight program between 2005 and 2009, which aimed to develop a new crewed spacecraft (Orion) and a pair of launchers (Ares I and Ares V) to continue servicing
List of Constellation missions
List_of_Constellation_missions
1987 science fiction horror novel
that turns out to be a protrusion of a long-buried alien spacecraft. Once exposed, the spacecraft begins to release an invisible gas into the atmosphere
The_Tommyknockers
American expendable launch vehicle
was an American expendable launch system used to launch two Explorer spacecraft in October 1962. A derivative of the Thor-Delta, it was a member of the
Delta_A
Interstellar probe project
Flight", by Philip Lubin of UC Santa Barbara. Sending the lightweight spacecraft involves a multi-kilometer phased array of beam-steerable lasers with
Breakthrough_Starshot
2012 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS
on 15 May 2012 and landed on 17 September 2012. TMA-04M was the Soyuz spacecraft's 113th flight since its initial launch in 1967, and the fourth launch
Soyuz_TMA-04M
Upcoming crewed mission of the Artemis program
rather than a lunar landing. Four astronauts will launch aboard the Orion spacecraft on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Artemis_III
2024 lunar landing mission
standalone spacecraft. In December 2023, Odysseus arrived at Kennedy Space Center for processing. On January 31, 2024, the Odysseus spacecraft was encapsulated
IM-1
NASA orbiter mission to the Moon (2011–2012)
mapping of the Moon to determine its interior structure. The two small spacecraft, GRAIL A (Ebb) and GRAIL B (Flow), were launched on 10 September 2011
GRAIL
American space project
launched on January 25, 1994. Its objective was to test sensors and spacecraft components in long-term exposure to space and to make scientific observations
Clementine_(spacecraft)
2025 lunar landing mission
spacecraft was not in the correct orientation and one of the two radio antennas was not operating. The sideways orientation prevented the spacecraft from
IM-2
2015 European Space Agency spacecraft
as test masses) can fly through space, untouched but shielded by the spacecraft, and maintain their relative positions to the precision needed to realize
LISA_Pathfinder
Indian lunar mission (2019–Present)
composition, as well as the location and abundance of lunar water. The spacecraft was launched from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Chandrayaan-2
European space mission to measure gravitational waves
directly by using laser interferometry. The LISA concept features three spacecraft arranged in an equilateral triangle with each side 2.5 million kilometres
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
Laser_Interferometer_Space_Antenna
Solar observation mission (2006–present)
RElations Observatory) is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft (STEREO-A, STEREO-B) were launched in 2006 into orbits around the Sun
STEREO
European lunar mapping mission
Jens Frydenvang, associate professor at University of Copenhagen. The spacecraft is being built by the mission's main industrial partner, the Danish satellite
Máni_(spacecraft)
Lunar Impactor
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was a robotic spacecraft operated by NASA. The mission was conceived as a low-cost means of determining
LCROSS
1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program
Apollo by NASA manager Abe Silverstein, who later said, "I was naming the spacecraft like I'd name my baby." Silverstein chose the name at home one evening
Apollo_program
Canceled NASA rocket key to Project Constellation
the Altair lunar lander into its initial low Earth "parking" orbit for later retrieval by the Orion spacecraft, and then would propel both the Altair and
Ares_V
Planned spaceflight mission
it is ready, a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will launch an Orion spacecraft carrying the four astronaut crew members. With Starship, both vehicles
Artemis_IV
Former NASA Lunar mission
communications terminal. The mission ended on April 18, 2014, when the spacecraft's controllers intentionally crashed LADEE into the far side of the Moon
LADEE
Soviet/Russian space station (1986–2001)
experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology, and spacecraft systems with a goal of developing technologies required for permanent
Mir
Hypothetical travel between stars or planetary systems
Interstellar travel is the hypothetical travel of spacecraft between star systems. Due to the vast distances between the Solar System and nearby stars
Interstellar_travel
Soviet spacecraft
4 and First Lunar Rover, was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's Moon, the first spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit, and the first to
Luna_1
American expendable launch vehicle
boosters clustered around it. A Delta E was used as the second stage. The Altair third stage of the Delta E was replaced with the more powerful Star 37D
Delta_J
First crewed space mission to orbit the Moon
Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to
Apollo_8
American expendable launch vehicle
E/F.[citation needed] An Atlas E/F with an Altair-3A upper stage was used to launch three Stacksat spacecraft on 11 April 1990. The rocket was capable of
Atlas_E/F
Programs by the Soviet Union to land humans on the Moon
Soyuz 7K-L1 (Zond) spacecraft launched with the Proton-K rocket, and a crewed lunar landing using Soyuz 7K-LOK and LK spacecraft launched with the N1
Soviet_crewed_lunar_programs
1958-1960 US space rocket system
those were the result of the additional Altair upper stage, added to the rocket to allow it to launch spacecraft beyond a sub-orbital trajectory. All sixteen
Thor-Able
NASA satellite to test the Lunar Gateway orbit
stability planned for the now canceled Lunar Gateway space station. The spacecraft is a 12-unit CubeSat that is also testing a navigation system that is
CAPSTONE
1990 Japanese lunar probe
The Hiten spacecraft (ひてん, Japanese pronunciation: [çiteɴ]), given the English name Celestial Maiden and known before launch as MUSES-A (Mu Space Engineering
Hiten_(spacecraft)
NASA-led lunar exploration program
originating from the canceled Constellation program, including the Orion spacecraft (paired with the European Service Module) and booster upgrades initially
Artemis_program
Proposed component of the Ares V and SLS rockets
impossible with the old S-IVB. Launched on the Ares V rocket, the EDS with its Altair payload would not have become active until the six RS-68 engines cut off
Earth_Departure_Stage
Failed Japanese orbiter mission to Mars (1998–2003)
for use in future planetary missions. Specifically, instruments on the spacecraft were to measure the structure, composition and dynamics of the ionosphere
Nozomi_(spacecraft)
Aborted Moon landing mission in the Apollo program
the spacecraft, was in communication via voice loop to specialists in a Staff Support Room (or "back room"), who focused on specific spacecraft systems
Apollo_13
Sixth and most recent crewed Moon landing
up previous Apollo lunar missions, they were familiar with the Apollo spacecraft and had more time for geology training. Launched at 12:33 a.m. Eastern
Apollo_17
Fifth orbital flight of the Artemis program
proposed as the program's third lunar landing mission, sending an Orion spacecraft with four astronauts to the now-cancelled Lunar Gateway space station
Artemis_V
Space propulsion method using Sun radiation
(also known as lightsails, light sails, and photon sails) are a method of spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight on large surfaces
Solar_sail
US Air Force satellite
series to use the upgraded Altair 3 booster capable of 26586 N of thrust. The satellite massed, with its attached Altair booster, 134 kg (295 lb). OV1-11's
OV1-11
Moon landing Timeline of Solar System exploration Tourism on the Moon Spacecraft was in lunar orbit but is assumed to have decayed from orbit and crashed
List of artificial objects on the Moon
List_of_artificial_objects_on_the_Moon
Family of US solid-propellant rocket motors
also known as Altair-3A. It was used as a second stage on an Atlas-E/F vehicle launching Stacksat. The TE-M-640 motor is similar to Altair 3 (FW-4S), and
Star_(rocket_stage)
Final Soviet sample-return mission to the Moon, 1976
Soviet Union's Luna programme. The 24th mission of the Luna series of spacecraft, the mission of the Luna 24 probe was the third Soviet mission to return
Luna_24
Planetary surface exploration vehicle
typically land on a planet other than Earth or a moon via a lander-style spacecraft, tasked to move around and collect information about the terrain, and
Rover_(space_exploration)
Japanese lunar lander (2023–2024)
exceeding that of earlier missions. Although the landing was successful, the spacecraft came to rest on its side, leaving its solar panels oriented away from
Smart Lander for Investigating Moon
Smart_Lander_for_Investigating_Moon
American expendable launch system
stage-and-a-half Atlas missile as the first stage, an Able second stage, and an Altair third stage. The first Atlas-Able used an Atlas C as the first stage, and
Atlas-Able
2009 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS
flight to the space station. TMA-14 was the 101st crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, including launch failures; however, it was the 100th to launch and land
Soyuz_TMA-14
First crewed Moon landing (1969)
from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16 at 13:32 UTC, the Apollo spacecraft consisted of three parts: the command module (CM), which housed the three
Apollo_11
Family of American rockets
kgf) Burn time: 36 s Diameter: 0.78 m Span: 0.78 m Length: 2.90 m Stage 4: Altair Gross Mass: 275 kg Empty Mass: 37 kg Vacuum thrust: 22.24 kN (2,268 kgf)
Scout_(rocket_family)
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
satellite built by Swales, the first being the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) spacecraft, which continues to orbit Earth. Swales was also responsible for designing
THEMIS
1960s NASA program to soft-land robotic probes on the Moon
program that, from June 1966 through January 1968, sent seven robotic spacecraft to the surface of the Moon. Its primary goal was to demonstrate the feasibility
Surveyor_program
US Air Force satellite
carrying OV1-1 flew without incident, OV1-1's Altair booster did not fire at apogee, and the spacecraft remained stranded in its ARS, returning no data
OV1-1
Spacecraft intended to land on the surface of the Moon
Chandrayaan programme by ISRO Chandrayaan-4 lander LUPEX lander Altair, a proposed spacecraft for the Constellation program, previously known as the Lunar
Lunar_lander
2025 lunar landing mission
robotic Moon landing mission conducted by Firefly Aerospace (Firefly). The spacecraft soft-landed on the lunar surface on March 2, 2025, making Firefly the
Blue_Ghost_Mission_1
1959 Soviet uncrewed space mission to impact the surface of the Moon
sixth of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon, E-1 No.7. It was the first spacecraft to touch the surface of the Moon, and the
Luna_2
2022 uncrewed Moon-orbiting NASA mission
flight test of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and its main objective was to test the Orion spacecraft, especially its heat shield
Artemis_I
The Astrobotic Peregrine robotic spacecraft are a class of lunar landers designed and operated by Astrobotic Technology to deliver small payloads to the
Astrobotic_Peregrine
Lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace
000-square-foot (4,600 m2) spacecraft facility with two mission control centers and an ISO-8 cleanroom to accommodate multiple landers. The spacecraft design is adaptable
Firefly_Aerospace_Blue_Ghost
Indian lunar sample-return mission
combined fuel mass and size of the spacecraft. Hence the flight was optimised for a dual-launch strategy. The spacecraft elements include: Propulsion Module
Chandrayaan-4
American space robotics company
on the Moon. That year, the company completed a running prototype of a spacecraft called Red Rover; they also renamed their concept lander from Artemis
Astrobotic_Technology
Project by the European Space Agency
delivered to SSTL in the UK for integration aboard the Lunar Pathfinder spacecraft. In October 2023, ESA launched "a competition for visionary business ideas"
Moonlight_Programme
Third crewed Moon landing
13 to reach the Moon's surface, and the need for modifications to the spacecraft as a result. Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa
Apollo_14
have utilised the Ares I and Ares V rockets alongside the Orion spacecraft and Altair lunar lander to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020 in preparation
List_of_missions_to_the_Moon
US Air Force satellite
sides of the spacecraft. 12 helium-pressurized hydrogen peroxide thrusters provided attitude control. OV1-2 weighed, with its attached Altair booster, 86 kg
OV1-2
1980 American comic science fantasy film
scurries away. Later, the crew receive orders to proceed to the prison planet Altair One to recover a priceless stolen gemstone called the Blue Star; every time
Galaxina
Second crewed mission to orbit the Moon
"F" mission, intended to test all spacecraft components and procedures short of actual descent and landing. After the spacecraft reached lunar orbit, astronaut
Apollo_10
NASA orbiter mission to the Moon (1966)
1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic spacecraft mission, part of NASA's Lunar Orbiter program, was the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon. It was designed
Lunar_Orbiter_1
Albuquerque, New Mexico, to develop and sell their Altair BASIC interpreter software for the Altair 8800. The MOS Technology 6502 is introduced. An 8-bit
1975_in_science
Photograph of Earth by Reid Wiseman
photograph of Earth taken by NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman aboard the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission, published on April 3, 2026. The photo shows
Hello,_World_(photograph)
This is a list of spacecraft deployed from the International Space Station. The International Space Station deploys spacecraft using the JEM Small Satellite
List of spacecraft deployed from the International Space Station
List_of_spacecraft_deployed_from_the_International_Space_Station
Third mission of the Discovery program; polar orbital reconnaissance of the Moon
Lunar Prospector was a spacecraft that orbited the Moon for 19 months in 1998-99. From a low polar orbit, it mapped surface composition including lunar
Lunar_Prospector
NASA lunar impactor (1964)
62 mi/s), and the performance of the spacecraft exceeded hopes. No other experiments were carried on the spacecraft. Although NASA had attempted to put
Ranger_7
1962 American unmanned space flight intended to study the Moon
Ranger 4 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program, launched in 1962. It was designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during a
Ranger_4
US Air Force satellite
sides of the spacecraft. 12 helium-pressurized hydrogen peroxide thrusters provided attitude control. OV1-3 weighed, with its attached Altair booster, 92 kg
OV1-3
American research satellite launched in 1959
satellite was approximately 23.7 kg (52 lb), the total mass of the orbiting spacecraft with the 19.2 kg (42 lb) third stage casing attached was 42.9 kg (95 lb)
Vanguard_3
1965 NASA spacecraft to explore the Moon
Ranger 8 was a lunar probe in the Ranger program, a robotic spacecraft series launched by NASA in the early-to-mid-1960s to obtain the first close-up images
Ranger_8
United States spacecraft
Mercury-Scout 1, or MS-1, was a United States spacecraft intended to test tracking stations for Project Mercury flights. It grew out of a May 5, 1961 NASA
Mercury-Scout_1
NASA crewed Moon landing spacecraft (1969–1972)
lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the United States' Apollo program. It was the first crewed spacecraft to
Apollo_Lunar_Module
Proposed NASA lunar probe
propellant tanks to allow the spacecraft to hover and laterally move over the lunar surface An uncrewed cargo spacecraft, providing supplies and materials
Prospector_(spacecraft)
Israeli organization working on landing a spacecraft on the moon
2011, that competed in the Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) contest to land a spacecraft on the Moon by private organization. SpaceIL successfully launched its
SpaceIL
2015 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS
Expedition 43 crew to the station. TMA-16M was the 125th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first having launched in 1967. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko
Soyuz_TMA-16M
Second crewed Moon landing
several geology field trips in preparation for their mission. Apollo 12's spacecraft and launch vehicle were almost identical to Apollo 11's. One addition
Apollo_12
Indian lunar mission (2023–Present)
of eight corner-cube retroreflectors. This array enables any orbiting spacecraft equipped with appropriate instruments to use lasers ranging from different
Chandrayaan-3
1965 Soviet moon probe
and the spacecraft was launched on a Mars-crossing trajectory as a spacecraft test, even though Mars was no longer attainable. The spacecraft was of the
Zond_3
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