RS-68B
Planned upgraded RS-68 variant for NASA's Ares V heavy-lift vehicle; no flown production installation is asserted.
Identity
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- RS-68B
- Status
- development
Details
- Description
- Planned upgraded RS-68 variant for NASA's Ares V heavy-lift vehicle; no flown production installation is asserted.
- Family
- Propellants
- liquid hydrogenliquid oxygen
Links
- Official Url
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20090014109
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 21:03:12 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 21:03:12 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-13
- Note
- NASA describes RS-68B as an upgrade to the RS-68 developed for the Delta IV vehicle, intended for the planned Ares V core stage; this identity intentionally records no current vehicle installation.
- Publisher
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- Title
- Ares V and RS-68B