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 LOV/C (Loss of Vehicle and Crew) event to 1 in 150,000. Notes also reference that TO may not even affect Orion on two out of three launches, according to the latest computational data.
STS-126 will see the flight debut of two new sets of instrumentation, aimed at gathering…
Ares I engineers have created a “Plan A” option – which combines three mitigation techniques…
A report from Ares I-X’s Chief Engineer has called for the strengthening of the vehicle’s…
Engineers tackling one of the biggest issues with Ares I, namely Thrust Oscillation, are understood…
A trade study has begun on three leading candidates to mitigate Ares I’s Thrust Oscillation…
One of the top “RED” concerns for Ares I – Thrust Oscillation – has received…
SpaceX is preparing to follow up its third flight of Starship – one that achieved…
As NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket stands ready for its first test flight next…
ESA’s Future Launchers Preparatory Program and France’s CNES space agency have test fired the Pressure Oscillation…
Despite apparently failing to be short listed for President Obama’s upcoming decision on the forward…
A floodlit Ares I-X departed the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in the early hours of…
The Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) has successfully carried out a pad abort test launch…
NASA’s Constellation Program (CxP) will conduct a “Content and Schedule” summit meeting in the next…
The Constellation Program (CxP) test flight, Ares I-X, has slipped three weeks to a NET…
The Space Shuttle Program (SSP) have concluded their manifest meeting by realigning the 2009 shuttle…
Lockheed Martin’s design efforts on the Orion vehicle are being hindered by Ares I driven…
The Ares V core stage team is currently evaluating a configuration change to the location…
The design work on the Ares I Emergency Escape System (EES) Rollercoaster is starting to…
The mammoth Ares V is continuing to grow – on paper at least – to…
