Saturn IB
NASA launch vehicle used to test the Apollo program spacecraft and later to ferry astronauts to Skylab.
Launch Vehicle
Titan IIIA
By Kevin Huang
Titan III configuration launched four times to test the Titan transtage and later incorporated as the core stage for the Titan IIIC.
Titan IIIC
by Kevin Huang
USAF expendable launch vehicle used from 1965 until 1982. First Titan family rocket to use large solid rocket motors. Intended for launch of the Dyna-Soar (cancelled) but primarily launched DoD payloads.
Atlas LV-3B (Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle)
By Kevin Huang
First American orbital human-rated launch vehicle. Used to launch the Mercury capsule to low Earth orbit.
Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle)
By Kevin Huang
Titan II missile derived launch vehicle used to launch twelve Gemini missions for NASA.
Atlas 10-D “Big Joe 1”
By Kevin Huang
First launch of the Mercury program. Launched a boilerplate Mercury capsule to test the ablative heat shield, afterbody heating, and reentry dynamics.
Atlas A SM-65A
By Joey Zinga
Modification of Kevin Huang’s model
First full scale prototype of the Atlas missile and progenitor of the Atlas family of rockets.
Falcon Heavy
By Eiffleman
SpaceX partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle derived from the Falcon 9. Consists of a strengthened Falcon 9 first stage center core and two Falcon 9 first stage strap-on boosters. As of 2021, Falcon Heavy had the highest payload capacity of operating rockets and the third highest of any rocket ever to reach orbit.
Long March 5 (CZ-5)
By SkySaac
Heavy Lift launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. First to use non-hypergolic liquid fuels. As of 2021 it is the 3rd most powerful launch vehicle.
Titan IIIC with MOL
By Eiffleman
Titan IIIC modified to carry a boilerplate mockup of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory.