Posts Tagged ‘Constellation’
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
The Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) is undergoing further reductions in its capability - including the elimination of the vehicle’s unmanned ability - as Constellation managers attempt to resolve numerous issues ahead of the Orion Project PDR (Preliminary Design Review). Issues noted in the recent “Top Risks” review list 10 serious issues with the Ares and Orion vehicles, ranging from [...]
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Tags: ares, Ares I-X, Ares I-Y, Constellation, Orion
Published in Constellation, Featured
Monday, May 18th, 2009
The team behind the alternative exploration architecture known as DIRECT have released a rebuttal document, countering claims made by NASA’s Constellation Program, ahead of the Blue Ribbon review for human space flight. The document specifically targets a series of claims made by a NASA team in May and October of 2007, which found the Jupiter [...]
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Tags: Constellation, Direct
Published in Constellation, Featured
Friday, April 24th, 2009
Citing schedule concerns and technical challenges, Constellation manager Jeff Hanley has outlined a series of proposed solutions to avoid further slips in the Ares/Orion schedule. Mr Hanley proposes deleting the Ares I-Y test flight, making Ares I’s first stage disposable, switching from Orion 4 to Orion 3 as the Full Operational Capability (FOC) date, along [...]
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Tags: ares, Constellation, Orion
Published in Constellation, Featured
Monday, April 20th, 2009
A study by the Aerospace Corporation, conducted at the request of NASA to disprove the viability of an option to switch Orion to an alternative Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), has found both the Atlas V Heavy and Delta IV Heavy are capable of launching Orion on both ISS and Lunar missions. Meanwhile, former NASA [...]
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Tags: ares, Constellation, EELV, Orion
Published in Constellation, Featured
Friday, March 27th, 2009
NASA’s Constellation Program (CxP) will conduct a “Content and Schedule” summit meeting in the next few months, after it was evaluated their current schedules are “broken”. The meeting will aim to protect against a slip that is estimated to be as serious as 18 months, or outright cancellation for Ares I. Meanwhile, the push for [...]
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Tags: Ares I, Constellation, EELV, ET, Extension, Falcon, J-2X, MAF, Orion, SpaceX
Published in Constellation, Featured, Shuttle
Thursday, February 12th, 2009
US lawmakers have agreed on a stimulus package that includes just over $1 billion in additional funds for NASA, to be utilized during 2009 and 2010. While the $400m allocated towards “Exploration” is not specifically earmarked for extension of the shuttle program, it could allow NASA to take the first steps in reducing “The Gap” [...]
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Tags: ares, Constellation, Direct, EELV, ET, Extension, NASA, Orion, Shuttle, SpaceX, STS-134
Published in Constellation, Featured, Shuttle
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Only around five weeks will separate Endeavour’s return home from her STS-126 mission, and when Discovery is due to rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) ahead of STS-119. Discovery’s upcoming milestones are part of a realigned plan for the 2009 missions. However, STS-119’s launch date advancement has been disapproved by shuttle managers.
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Tags: Constellation, Extension, Schedule, STS-119, STS-125, STS-127, STS-128, STS-129, STS-130, STS-131
Published in Featured, Shuttle
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
The Constellation Acceleration Study Team are evaluating 160 “brainstorming ideas” in an attempt to reduce the current gap between shuttle and Ares/Orion by up to 18 months. However, such a process would come at a cost, with widescale deletions to Ares I testing and a major deferral to the development of the Lunar Orion.
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Tags: Ares I, Constellation
Published in Constellation, Featured
Monday, September 15th, 2008
Lockheed Martin’s design efforts on the Orion vehicle are being hindered by Ares I driven requirements, documented notes claim, with concerns ranging from the constant design changes, to Thrust Oscillation (TO) mitigation requirements.
With Crew Seat Isolation efforts deferred until next year - in order not to delay the recent Ares I PDR (Preliminary Design Review) [...]
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Tags: ares, CEV, Constellation
Published in Constellation, Featured
