If the first half of 2009 for NASA demonstrated the agency’s unwavering attention to safety, NASA not only continued that trend – upholding the utmost safety standards in the Space Shuttle and International Space Station Programs – during the second half of the year but also placed itself and its various programs in a tremendous position for the years to come.
Ares I-X
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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 Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) is undergoing further reductions in its capability – including the elimination…
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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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With the Hubble mission still tracking a May launch date, the STS-125 stack – consisting…
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Managers are closing in on facilitating a July launch date for Ares I-X, via a…
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Shuttle Discovery as the STS-119 stack will undergo the Shuttle Interface Test (S0008) on Sunday,…
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Processing will continue on two orbiters through the Christmas holidays, with work required on both…
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Atlantis’ trip to service the Hubble Space Telescope remains on track for May, although another…