Jupiter

DIRECT was a late-2000s proposed alternative super heavy lift launch vehicle architecture supporting NASA's Vision for Space Exploration that would replace the space agency's planned Ares I and Ares V rockets with a family of Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles named "Jupiter". It was intended to be the alternative to the Ares I and Ares V rockets which were under development for the Constellation program, intended to develop the Orion spacecraft for use in Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.

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super heavy-lift launch vehicle, United States, 

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In-Line SDLV 1978

Orion SSPDM AMS02 OilPaint

Commonality DIRECT

Jupiter Family

DIRECT Jupiter-120 Exploded

DIRECT Jupiter-232 Exploded

DIRECT Jupiter Config Options

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	rocket		Mercury-Jupiter	Jupiter	Wikidata
commons	image		In-Line SDLV 1978		Commons
commons	image		Orion SSPDM AMS02 OilPaint		Commons
commons	image		Commonality DIRECT		Commons
commons	image		Jupiter Family		Commons
commons	image		DIRECT Jupiter-120 Exploded		Commons
commons	image		DIRECT Jupiter-232 Exploded		Commons
commons	image		DIRECT Jupiter Config Options		Commons