List of NASA launch vehicles

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

Name	Years in operation	Program	Notes
Big Joe 1	1959	Project Mercury
Blue Scout II	1961
Little Joe	1959-1961
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle[1]	1960-1961		First crewed launch vehicle
Titan II GLV	1964-1966	Project Gemini
Little Joe II	1963-1966	Apollo program	Uncrewed
Saturn I[2]	1961-1965
Saturn IB[3]	1966-1975		Also used in the Apollo-Soyuz mission
Saturn V[4]	1967-1973		First launch vehicle to take humans past Low Earth orbit, used in Skylab missions
Space Shuttle[5]	1981-2011	Space Shuttle program	First partially reusable launch vehicle
Atlas V[6]	2002-2025	Commercial Crew Program	Active as of June 2025, retiring
Space Launch System[7]	2022-	Artemis program	Active as part of the Artemis program
Delta rocket family	1960-2024	Various programs
Atlas rocket family	1957-	Various programs	Active
Titan rocket family	1958-2005	Various programs