List of canceled launch vehicle designs

Even before the launch of Sputnik 1, there were various types of launch vehicle designs. The launch vehicle designs described below are either canceled or never left the drawing board.

20th century

Name	Designer	Proposed	Canceled
Von Braun ferry rocket	Wernher von Braun	1950s
North American X-15B	USAF and NACA	1950s	1958
Mercury-Jupiter	NASA	1950s	1959
Saturn C-2	NASA	1959	1962
Saturn C-3	NASA	1959	1962
Saturn C-4	NASA	1959	1962
Nova	NASA	1959
BAC Mustard	BAC	1960s	1967
NEXUS	General Dynamics	1960s
Saturn C-5N	NASA	1960s	1972
Saturn INT-20	NASA	1960s
UR-700	Vladimir Chelomei	1960s
Saenger (spacecraft)	Eugen Sänger, Junkers, MBB, DLR	1960s	1995
Saturn C-8	NASA	1962	1962
Sea Dragon	Robert Truax	1962
Douglas SASSTO	Philip Bono	1967
Martin Marietta Spacemaster	Martin Marietta	1967
Saturn V-A	NASA	1968
Saturn V-C	NASA	1968
Saturn V-Centaur	NASA	1968
Saturn V-D	NASA	1968
Saturn INT-21	NASA	1970s
Chrysler SERV	Chrysler	1971
Saturn-Shuttle	NASA	1971	1972
Hermes	CNES and ESA	1975	1992
Rockwell X-30	Rockwell International	1980	1993
British Aerospace HOTOL	British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce	1982	1989
Trans Atmospheric Vehicle	Lockheed Martin	~1985
Shuttle-C	NASA	1984	1995
VentureStar	Lockheed Martin	1990s	2001
National Launch System	NASA	1991	1992
Black Horse	Mitchell Burnside Clapp	1993	1996
Kankoh-maru	Japanese Rocket Society	1993
K-1	Rocketplane Kistler	1994	2007
Roton	Rotary Rocket	1996	2001
Magnum	NASA	1996	2004

Name	Designer	Proposed	Canceled
Ares IV	NASA	2000s	2010
Ares V Lite	NASA	2000s	2010
Jupiter	DIRECT	2000s	2010
Falcon 1e	SpaceX	2000s	2011
Haas	ARCAspace	2000s
Orbital Space Plane Program	NASA	2002	2004
Falcon 5	SpaceX	2003	2005
Galaxy Express	Galaxy Express Corporation	2003	2009
Ares I	NASA	2005	2010
Ares V	NASA	2005	2010
Rocketplane XP	Rocketplane Kistler	2005	2011
Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle	NASA	2009	2010
Liberty	ATK and Astrium	2011	2012
Falcon 9 Air	SpaceX	2011	2012
Mars Colonial Transporter	SpaceX	2012	2016
Interplanetary Transport System	SpaceX	2016	2017
Big Falcon Rocket	SpaceX	2017	2018
OmegA	Northrop Grumman	2016	2020