# Nova

> series of proposed rocket designs

**Wikidata**: [Q183158](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183158)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_(NASA_rocket))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/nova-q183158

## Summary
Nova is a series of proposed rocket designs created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Initiated in 1958, the Nova program remained a set of design proposals and is documented as an abandoned project that was dissolved in 1964.

## Key Facts
- Nova is described as a "series of proposed rocket designs."
- Inception of the Nova proposals: 1958.
- Dissolved/abolished date: 1964.
- Designed by: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- Instance of: abandoned project.
- Subclass of: launch vehicle (a rocket used to carry payload into outer space).
- Wikipedia title: "Nova (NASA rocket)"; Wikimedia Commons category: "Nova (rocket)".
- Freebase identifier: /m/034tms.
- Microsoft Academic (discontinued) identifier: 199364081.
- Sitelink count for the Nova entry: 14; parent class "launch vehicle" sitelink count: 63.
- Described by source: Hazegrayart (with an associated YouTube link).

## FAQs
### Q: What was Nova intended to be?
A: Nova was a set of proposed launch vehicle designs developed by NASA. It remained at the proposal/design stage and was not completed as an operational rocket.

### Q: Who designed the Nova rockets?
A: The Nova designs were created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

### Q: When did the Nova program begin and end?
A: The Nova proposals began in 1958 and the project is recorded as dissolved or abolished in 1964.

## Why It Matters
Nova represents an early strand of heavy-lift launch vehicle planning within NASA during the formative years of the U.S. space program. Even though the designs were never built and the program was ultimately abandoned, Nova appears in historical and reference resources (including Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons) and is cited by specialist sources. Its proposals contribute to the documented lineage of launch-vehicle concepts explored by NASA between 1958 and 1964. As an example of mid-20th-century rocket design thinking, Nova helps researchers and historians trace the evolution of launch-vehicle requirements, tradeoffs, and program decisions in the prelude to later, operational heavy-lift rockets. The existence of multiple language Wikipedia entries and archival identifiers indicates ongoing public and scholarly interest in the program’s design proposals and historical context.

## Notable For
- Being a series of proposed launch-vehicle designs rather than a built or flown rocket.
- Designed by NASA during the early US space program era (inception 1958).
- Officially recorded as an abandoned project and dissolved in 1964.
- Presence across multiple reference platforms (Wikipedia article, Wikimedia Commons category, specialist sources).
- Assigned persistent identifiers in public datasets (Freebase and Microsoft Academic).

## Body

### Overview
- Nova is listed as a series of proposed rocket designs.
- The program is cataloged as an abandoned project.
- The Nova entry is identified on Wikipedia under the title "Nova (NASA rocket)" and has an associated Wikimedia Commons category.

### Timeline
- 1958: Inception of the Nova proposed designs.
- 1964: Project recorded as dissolved or abolished.

### Organization and Design Attribution
- Designed by: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- Nova is classified as a subclass of "launch vehicle," defined as a rocket used to carry payload into outer space.

### Documentation and Identifiers
- Freebase ID: /m/034tms.
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 199364081.
- The Nova entry has a sitelink count of 14 across Wikimedia projects.
- The parent class "launch vehicle" carries a sitelink count of 63.

### Sources and Public Records
- Wikipedia title: Nova (NASA rocket); multiple-language coverage includes commons, cs, de, en, fi, fr, it, ja, pt, ru.
- Described by an external source labeled Hazegrayart, with an associated YouTube link provided in the description metadata.

### Status
- Instance_of: abandoned project.
- Although proposed and documented, Nova did not become an operational launch vehicle.

## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)