The design work on the Ares I Emergency Escape System (EES) Rollercoaster is starting to pick up the pace, as the huge project undergoes further refinements on the giant structure that will reside at Pad 39B.
Redesigned as a fixed structure that will rise several hundred feet into the Space Coast panorama, a Design Kick Off presentation has called for three vehicles that can carry nine passengers each, in the event of an emergency evacuation of the pad.
An Emergency Egress System (EES) has completed its installation into the Crew Access Tower (CAT)…
NASA has published its Request For Proposals (RFP) to potential contractors, ahead of the construction…
NASA Constellation have approved the Rollercoaster Escape System to be used as the Emergency Egress…
Looking like it would appear more at home at the nearby Disney attractions in Orlando,…
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published an extensive report on NASA’s use of…
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) have provided a report to NASA administrator Charlie Bolden…
Pad workers have begun to evaluate what is being described as substantial heat damage to…
The Ares I-X test vehicle is continuing to undergo the business end of processing inside…
Endeavour and the STS-400 Launch On Need (LON) shuttle arrived at Pad 39B Friday, joining…
Vice President Mike Pence has instructed NASA to land Americans on the Moon within the…
Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B is fast returning to the status of an active launch…
Evaluations into pad escape options for the crewed vehicles of the future are currently taking…
The company made famous in the space flight industry for their giant Solid Rocket Boosters…
Replacement power supplies for the two grounded Crawler Transporters (CT1 and CT2) have arrived at…
The massive Ares I Mobile Launcher (ML), which recently completed its construction phase, is set…
A plan has been created for the continued use of Ares via a series of…
Processing will continue on two orbiters through the Christmas holidays, with work required on both…
Ares I engineers have created a “Plan A” option – which combines three mitigation techniques…
Orion’s next key milestone, the Preliminary Design Review (PDR), has been delayed to November 21…
