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NASA ACRV
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NASA ACRV
NASA ACRV
NASA Assured Crew Return Vehicle
Credit: NASA via Marcus Lindroos
American manned spaceplane. Assured Crew Return Vehicle or Astronaut Crew Rescue Vehicle. Study 1986. The early Space Station proposals assumed the facility would be equipped with a 'safe haven' where the crew would wait for a rescue Shuttle in case of emergency.

Status: Study 1986. Gross mass: 9,072 kg (20,000 lb). Height: 8.70 m (28.50 ft).

After the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger accident, it became obvious that some sort of 'lifeboat' would have to be added....

NASA's Johnson Space Center began examining the alternatives, including refurbishing old unused Apollo lunar capsules from the 1960s! The cheapest options examined included:

Article by Marcus Lindroos



Subtopics

HL-20 American manned spaceplane. The HL-20 was a 1988 NASA Langley design for a manned spaceplane as a backup to the space shuttle (in case it was abandoned or grounded) and as a CERV (Crew Emergency Return Vehicle) for the Freedom space station.

X-38 American manned spaceplane. Lifting body reentry vehicle designed as emergency return spacecraft for International Space Station crew. Crew Return Vehicle prototypesatellite built by, Aerojet (DPS) for NASA.

HL-42 American manned spaceplane. The HL-42 was a reusable, lifting body manned spacecraft designed in 1997 to be placed into low-Earth orbit by an expendable booster.

Dream Chaser American manned spaceplane. A six-passenger human space transport system announced in 2006 by SpaceDev, based on the ten-passenger HL-20 Personnel Launch System developed by NASA Langley in the 1980's.

Family: Spaceplane, US Rocketplanes. Country: USA. Launch Vehicles: Space Shuttle. Agency: NASA, NASA Houston.
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NASA ACRVNASA ACRV
NASA Assured Crew Return Vehicle.
Credit: NASA via Marcus Lindroos


HL-20 CRVHL-20 CRV
Hl-20 Crew Rescue Vehicle
Credit: NASDA via Marcus Lindroos


X-38 CRVX-38 CRV
X-38 Crew Rescue Vehicle.
Credit: NASA via Marcus Lindroos


X-38 CRVX-38 CRV
X-38 Crew Rescue Vehicle. This vehicle is based on the old X-23/X-24A lifting body which was extensively tested in the 1960s.
Credit: NASA via Marcus Lindroos



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