Crawler Transporter 2 (CT-2) has successfully relocated the giant Ares I Mobile Launcher (ML) to its new location at the East Parksite. Although the ML’s future remains extremely bleak – now Ares I has been cancelled via the passing of the NASA Senate Bill in Congress this week – it will be hooked up to utilities and power supplies at its new location.
"Ares I"
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The massive Ares I Mobile Launcher (ML), which recently completed its construction phase, is set…
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If the first half of 2009 for NASA demonstrated the agency’s unwavering attention to safety,…
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Despite apparently failing to be short listed for President Obama’s upcoming decision on the forward…
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Pad workers have begun to evaluate what is being described as substantial heat damage to…
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Ares I-X has launched on the second attempt at 11:30am Eastern, and although the First…
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Ares I-X has seen its opening launch attempt scrubbed, following unacceptable weather conditions over the…
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The first – and possibly the last – Ares rocket is set to launch on…
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A floodlit Ares I-X departed the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in the early hours of…
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Engineers have replaced the faulty GN2 accumulator on Ares I-X’s Thrust Vector Control (TVC), ahead…
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Ares I-X is on track to rollout of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on October…
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Artemis
Ares I-X processing for rollout – HLV alternative continuing to make progress
by Chris BerginWith just three weeks to go until rollout to Pad 39B, Ares I-X is in…
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Artemis
Ares I-X undergoing ordnance installation – I-X/STS-129 conflict evaluations
by Chris BerginThe Ares I-X test vehicle is continuing to undergo the business end of processing inside…
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The Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) has successfully carried out a pad abort test launch…
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The Ares I-X test vehicle is scheduled to begin stacking in the Vehicle Assembly Building…
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ArtemisShuttle
Ares I-X delayed – Atlantis rollover to VAB completed ahead of dual pad option
by Chris BerginThe Constellation Program (CxP) test flight, Ares I-X, has slipped three weeks to a NET…
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Managers are closing in on facilitating a July launch date for Ares I-X, via a…
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A series of Ares I Thrust Oscillation (TO) meetings have concluded with the decision to…
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Shuttle
STS-125’s tank arrives – manifest meeting evaluates Ares I-X and ISS supplies
by Chris BerginThe replacement tank for Atlantis’ mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has arrived at…
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STS-126 will see the flight debut of two new sets of instrumentation, aimed at gathering…