The mammoth Ares V is continuing to grow – on paper at least – to olympic proportions to close the performance shortfall in the Ares architecture.The new vehicle – that is officially classed as a study option, but touted as the new baseline – shows an Ares V with two stretched 5.5 segment Solid Rocket Boosters, an even longer Core Stage powered, now by six RS-68 main engines, and a 10 meter diameter Upper Stage and matching Payload Fairing.
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Constellation engineers are carrying out an evaluation process into a potential option of going back…
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Lockheed Martin’s design efforts on the Orion vehicle are being hindered by Ares I driven…
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Ares I engineers have created a “Plan A” option – which combines three mitigation techniques…
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The Ares V core stage team is currently evaluating a configuration change to the location…
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A report from Ares I-X’s Chief Engineer has called for the strengthening of the vehicle’s…
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Engineers tackling one of the biggest issues with Ares I, namely Thrust Oscillation, are understood…
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The design work on the Ares I Emergency Escape System (EES) Rollercoaster is starting to…
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With the promise of spring warmth finally headed for a cold-weary east coast, the Orion…
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) engineers are close to completing a two month-long series of…
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Marshall Space Flight Center’s Danny Davis, manager of the Upper Stage of the new Ares…
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ArianeGroup and the European Space Agency are carrying out preparations for the maiden launch of…
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United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) Delta IV Heavy rocket has received its clandestine payload for the…
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NASA is extending its RS-25 engine production contract with Aerojet Rocketdyne through the rest of…
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Nearly 17 years after it inaugurated the Delta IV family’s flight history, a Medium+ (4,2)…
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Artemis
Examining NASA’s challenge to SLS as ‘Moon, soon’ becomes the latest bold goal
by Chris BerginVice President Mike Pence has instructed NASA to land Americans on the Moon within the…
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Following a quick end to a hot-fire test two months ago, NASA’s test team at…
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United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket launched Saturday with the mysterious NROL-71 mission for…
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Restart of RS-25 rocket engine production is ramping up at prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Canoga…
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For the first time since 1981 NASA test flew a new vehicle designed to carry…
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