Ares (space program)

• Series of manned Mars missions commanded by the International Space Agency (VOY: "One Small Step")
• Three-man missions (VOY: "One Small Step")
  • One commander
  • Two mission specialists
• Specifications
  • Two modules
    • Orbital command module
      • LIDAR
      • Trans-spectral imager
    • Landing module
  • Third-generation impulse drive
    • Allowed for travel from Earth to Mars in months rather than years (VOY: "One Small Step")
• Ares I
• Ares II
• Ares III
  • Launched: August 2031 (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Commander: Lieutenant John Kelly (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• Ares IV
  • Launched: August 2032
  • Commander: Lieutenant John Kelly
  • Mission specialist: Rose Kumagawa
  • Mission specialist: Andrei Novakovich
  • October 19, 2032: Command module lost in then-unidentified phenomenon (later identified as a graviton ellipse); John Kelly officially declared dead
• Ares V
  • Launched: Late October 2032
    • Rushed to launch following loss of Ares IV command module, to recover mission specialists (VOY: "One Small Step")