NASA Launch Vehicle is a term used to refer to the spacecrafts and rockets used by NASA to launch satellites, probes, and other payloads into space. The ARES rocket is one of the most commonly used launch vehicles in the NASA fleet. It is a two-stage rocket that is capable of carrying up to 13, 500 kilograms of payload into low Earth orbit. The ARES rocket has been used for a variety of missions, including the launch of the Mars Curiosity rover and the Juno mission to Jupiter.