Posts Tagged ‘Orion’
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, June 22nd, 2009
Shuttle Discovery has been tasked with a special DTO (Detailed Test Objective) - on behalf of the Orion Project Office - to be carried out during STS-128’s re-entry. A “Catalytic Coating” has been applied to two of Discovery’s Thermal Protection System (TPS) tiles, providing Orion - and shuttle - engineers with refined aeroheating data.
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Tags: Orion, STS-128, TPS
Published in Constellation, Featured, Shuttle
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
Friday, March 6th, 2009
Lockheed Martin have recommended a switch of a 8Mbs Phased array on its Communications and Tracking (C&T) system to a combination phased array S-Band at low data rates with a High Gain Antenna - called Hybrid “Lite” - due to Orion’s mass and power issues.
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Tags: JDTV, Orion
Published in Constellation, Featured
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
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
A series of Ares I Thrust Oscillation (TO) meetings have concluded with the decision to recommend baselining Ares I’s Tuned Mass Absorber (TMA) on the aft of the vehicle as a passive - as opposed to active - system, as the latest analysis - which has included human tests - reduce TO as a potential [...]
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Tags: Ares I, Orion, TO
Published in Constellation, Featured
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
The requirement to carry out an additional Design Analysis Cycle (DAC) has already delayed Orion’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR) into the middle of next year.
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Tags: Orion
Published in Constellation
