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…
Discovery’s STS-119 flight – currently targeting February 2009 – has gained its opening planning documentation,…
One of the top “RED” concerns for Ares I – Thrust Oscillation – has received…
NASA’s Exploration Systems Development office has completed its review of progress to date as well…
ESA’s Future Launchers Preparatory Program and France’s CNES space agency have test fired the Pressure Oscillation…
Once the troublesome element of the Constellation (now Artemis) Program, three Orion spacecraft are in…
Vice President Mike Pence has instructed NASA to land Americans on the Moon within the…
NASA’s Orion spacecraft has passed a critical milestone via the Key Decision Point -C (KDP-C)…
The long-awaited debut flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft has been scheduled for a morning launch…
NASA brought out the big guns this week to rally the Orion workforce with an…
As development of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket continues, NASA is looking to its…
One of the most famous rocket engines in history – the Apollo/Saturn’s F-1 – could…
In a wide-ranging release of information, ATK have announced what is their complete crew transportation…
The company made famous in the space flight industry for their giant Solid Rocket Boosters…
As the Constellation Program (CxP) splutters along, ahead of its “proposed” cancellation, managers have successfully…
