Rockets · 10 entries

Rocket Stages

First-class booster, core, and upper stages of flagship vehicles, with their engines and propellants.

Ariane 5 core stage (EPC)Rocket stage
The Ariane 5 cryogenic main stage (Étage Principal Cryotechnique), powered by a single Vulcain 2 engine burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
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Ariane 5 solid boosters (EAP)Rocket stage
The pair of large solid rocket boosters (Étage d'Accélération à Poudre) that provide most of Ariane 5's liftoff thrust.
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Falcon 9 first stageRocket stage
The reusable Falcon 9 first stage, powered by nine Merlin 1D engines and recovered by propulsive landing on a droneship or landing pad.
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Falcon 9 second stageRocket stage
The expendable Falcon 9 upper stage, powered by a single vacuum-optimized Merlin engine.
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S-IC (Saturn V first stage)Rocket stage
The Saturn V first stage, powered by five F-1 engines burning RP-1 and liquid oxygen — the stage that generated the Saturn V's ~34 MN of liftoff thrust.
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S-II (Saturn V second stage)Rocket stage
The Saturn V second stage, powered by five J-2 engines burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
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S-IVB (Saturn upper stage)Rocket stage
The restartable single-J-2 upper stage used as the Saturn V third stage and the Saturn IB second stage; its restart performed trans-lunar injection for Apollo.
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SLS Core StageRocket stage
The SLS core stage, powered by four RS-25 engines (repurposed Space Shuttle main engines) burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
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SLS Solid Rocket BoosterRocket stage
The pair of five-segment solid rocket boosters, derived from the Shuttle SRBs, that provide most of the SLS's liftoff thrust.
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Space Shuttle Solid Rocket BoosterRocket stage
The pair of reusable solid rocket boosters that provided most of the Space Shuttle's liftoff thrust before being recovered from the ocean by parachute.
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