This is a list of launch vehicles used in missions by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Intercontinental ballistic missiles such as the SM-65 Atlas, are not included. Launch vehicles used for missions operated by private companies (such as SpaceX) for NASA are also not included.
List +NameYears in operationProgramNotesBig Joe 11959Project MercuryBlue Scout II1961Little Joe1959-1961Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle1960-1961First crewed launch vehicleTitan II GLV1964-1966Project GeminiLittle Joe II1963-1966Apollo programUncrewed, used for testing the launch escape systemSaturn I1961-1965United States' first medium-lift launch vehicleSaturn IB1966-1975Also used in the Apollo-Soyuz missionSaturn V1967-1973First launch vehicle to take humans past Low Earth orbit, used in Skylab missionsSpace Shuttle1981-2011Space Shuttle programFirst partially reusable launch vehicleAtlas V2002-2025Commercial Crew ProgramActive as of June 2025, retiringSpace Launch System2022-Artemis programActive as part of the Artemis programDelta rocket family1960-2024Various programsAtlas rocket family1957-Various programsActiveTitan rocket family1958-2005Various programs
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