Everything about Constellation program
Cancelled 2005–2010 NASA human spaceflight program
The Constellation program was a crewed spaceflight program developed by NASA, the space agency of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. The major goals of the program, in which no crewed missions flew before its cancellation, were "completion of the International Space Station" and a "return to the Moon no later than 2020" with a crewed flight to the planet Mars as the ultimate goal. The program's logo reflected the three stages of the program: the Earth (ISS), the Moon, and finally Mars—while the Mars goal also found expression in the name given to the program's booster rockets: Ares. The technological aims of the program included the regaining of significant astronaut experience beyond low Earth orbit and the development of technologies necessary to enable sustained human presence on other planetary bodies. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Constellation programA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Qualitative Study on the Experiences of College Students With Family Conflicts Participating in a Metaverse-Based Family Constellation ProgramInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Test reportThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Enhancements to TetrUSS for NASA Constellation ProgramCited 28 times
- Go sideways: Altair (spacecraft)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Ares VA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Enhancements to TetrUSS for NASA Constellation Program
Small Satellites “AIST” Constellation - Design, Construction and Program of Scientific and Technological Experiments
NASA's Constellation Program: The final word
Congressional budget office finds Constellation rocket program over-budget and in trouble
Developing and Implementing a Constellation Mentoring Program with Canadian Varsity Soccer Teams
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Test reportStephen John Horan · 1996
Janice VanCleave's constellations for every kidJanice Pratt VanCleave · 1997- 📕Recommendations for exploration spacecraft internal atmospheresUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Exploration Atmospheres Working Group · 2010
- 📕Constellation programJennifer L. Rhatigan · 2011
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