From Saturn to Starship

Saturn V: The Moon Rocket

• Launched in 1967, it was the rocket that took astronauts to the Moon
• 363 feet tall — taller than a 30-story building
• To this day, it's the most powerful rocket ever flown by thrust output
• Used for every Apollo mission, including Apollo 11, and to launch Skylab

The Space Shuttle: Engineering Meets Elegance

• First launched in 1981, the Shuttle was part spacecraft, part glider, part rocket
• A reusable orbiter with solid rocket boosters
• It built the ISS, launched satellites, and serviced Hubble
• Flew for 30 years, ending in 2011

SLS: Back to the Moon, the Artemis Era Begins

• NASA's newest Moon rocket, built for the Artemis program
• Taller than the Statue of Liberty
• Generates 8.8 million pounds of thrust
• First launched in 2022 with Artemis I, and will carry astronauts back to the Moon and beyond
• Designed to carry the Orion capsule and eventually support Mars missions

Falcon 9: The Rocket That Does It All

• First launched in 2010 from Cape Canaveral, Florida
• Launched over 300 times
• First landed a booster in 2015 — and has reused some over 20 times
• Lands itself on drone ships: "Of Course I Still Love You" (OCISLY), "Just Read the Instructions" (JRTI), and "A Shortfall of Gravitas" (ASOG)

Falcon + Dragon: Human Spaceflight, Reinvented

• In 2020 it launched the first NASA astronauts, Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, since the Shuttle program ended in 2011
• Delivers cargo, satellites, and NASA astronauts to the ISS
• Has flown 30+ astronauts from 4 different space agencies
• Has launched more than 300 missions

Vulcan Centaur: The New Heavy Lifter

• Built by United Launch Alliance, designed to replace the Atlas V and Delta IV
• Uses Blue Origin's BE-4 engines and a Centaur upper stage
• Combines legacy reliability with next-gen performance
• Its maiden launch in 2024 carried Astrobotic's lunar lander Peregrine

Vectors, thrust, and geometry in motion — this design honors the legacy of launch.

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