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Constellation Quarterly Repo …
Included in the production: …
Description Included in the production: Delivery of Ares 1-X rocket segments to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and assembly of that vehicle, preparation of launch pad 39B for the Ares 1-X flight test, time lapse construction of the Lightning Protection System surrounding the launch pad, construction of the Orion Ground Test Article in Louisiana, Orion Post-Landing Recovery Test (PORT) with a full-scale Orion mockup in the ocean off the coast of Florida, a preview of the Pad Abort 1 test with the latest on the Launch Abort System and its components, a look at the Launch Complex at the White Sands Missile Range including the Gantry Steel structure, parachute tests at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona and other hardware processing. The production also features animations and descriptions of the Ares I launch vehicle, Ares 1-X, Launch Abort System and the Orion spacecraft.
Dawn of a New Era
The rosy dawn sky over NASA' …
2/16/09
Description The rosy dawn sky over NASA's Kennedy Space Center reveals the newly erected lightning towers on Launch Pad 39B. The two towers at left contain the lightning mast on top, the one at right does not. At center are the fixed and rotating service structures that have served the Space Shuttle Program. The new lightning protection system is being built for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches. Each of the towers is 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire catenary system. This improved lightning protection system allows for the taller height of the Ares I rocket compared to the space shuttle. Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including the Ares I-X test flight that is targeted for July 2009. Image credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs Feb. 13, 2009
Date 2/16/09
Raising Old Glory
In the Vehicle Assembly Buil …
8/13/09
Description In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane lifts the Ares I-X Super Stack 4 with the United States flag on it. The stack will be moved to High Bay 3 for integration with Super Stack 3. Five super stacks make up the upper stage that will be integrated with the four-segment solid rocket booster first stage on the mobile launch platform. Ares I-X is the test vehicle for the Ares I, which is part of the Constellation Program to return men to the moon and beyond. Image credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis Aug. 11, 2009
Date 8/13/09
Standing Tall
In the Vehicle Assembly Buil …
8/17/09
Description In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3, Super Stack 5 is secured to the Ares I-X segments already in place on the mobile launcher platform, completing assembly of the Ares I-X rocket. The 327-foot-tall rocket is one of the largest processed in the bay, rivaling the height of the Apollo Program's 364-foot-tall Saturn V. Five super stacks make up the rocket's upper stage that is integrated with the four-segment solid rocket booster first stage. Ares I-X is the test vehicle for the Ares I, which is part of the Constellation Program to return men to the moon and beyond. The Ares I-X flight test is targeted for Oct. 31, pending formal NASA Headquarters approval. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis Aug. 13, 2009
Date 8/17/09
Getting Ready
The Ares I-X rocket stands t …
10/2/09
Description The Ares I-X rocket stands tall inside the massive Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Part of the Constellation Program, the Ares I-X is the test vehicle for the Ares I, which is the essential core of a space transportation system that eventually will carry crewed missions back to the moon, on to Mars and out into the solar system. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Sept. 25, 2009
Date 10/2/09
'Rocket Top' Hardware for Ar …
NASA is a step closer to the …
1/28/09
Description NASA is a step closer to the first test flight of the rocket that will send humans on their way to the moon as part of the agency's Constellation Program. The simulated crew module and launch abort system, whcih will complete the nose of the Ares 1-X rocket, arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Jan. 28. The flight will be an important step towards verifying analysis tools and techniques needed to develop Ares 1, NASA's new crew launch vehicle.
Date 1/28/09
Final Newly Manufactured Seg …
The final newly manufactured …
2/20/09
Description The final newly manufactured segment specifically designed for Ares 1-X test rocket, the frustum, arrived at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Assembly and Refurbishment Facility on Friday. Looking somewhat like a giant funnel, the frustum's major function is to transition the primary flight loads from the upper stage to the first stage. Weighing in at approximately 13,000 pounds, the 10-foot-long frustum is composed of two aluminum rings that are attached to a truncated conic section. The large diameter of the cone is 18 feet, and the small diameter is 12 feet. The thickness of the cone is 1 1/4 inches. Ares 1-X is the test vehicle for Ares 1, which is part of the Constellation Program to return astronauts to the moon and beyond. Ares 1-X is targeted for launch in July 2009.
Date 2/20/09
Shuttle Lightning Mast Remov …
On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's …
3/3/09
Description On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane removes the lightning mast from the fixed service structure. The mast was used to protect the space shuttle from lightning while at the pad. The new lightning protection systems being built for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches allows for the taller height of the Ares 1 rocket compared to the space shuttle. Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, the Ares 1-X test flight, that is targeted for 2009.
Date 3/3/09
Shuttle Lightning Mast Remov …
On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's …
3/3/09
Description On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane removes the lightning mast from the fixed service structure. The mast was used to protect the space shuttle from lightning while at the pad. The new lightning protection systems being built for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches allows for the taller height of the Ares 1 rocket compared to the space shuttle. Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, the Ares 1-X test flight, that is targeted for 2009.
Date 3/3/09
New Lightning Tower Stands a …
On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's …
1/26/09
Description On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane completes construction of the second tower in the new lightning protection system for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches. Each of the three new lighting towers will be 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire catenary system. This improved lightning protection system allows for the taller height of the Ares 1 rocket compared to the space shuttle. Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including the Ares 1-X test flight that is targeted for July 2009.
Date 1/26/09
Roll Control System Arrives …
The roll control system modu …
1/31/09
Description The roll control system modules for the Ares 1-X rocket arrived in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The system is designed to perform a 90-degree roll after the rocket clears the launch tower, preventing a roll during flight and maintaining the orientation of the rocket until separation of the upper and first stages. Part of the upper stage simulator, the system is composed of two modules and four thrusters. Ares 1-X is the test vehicle for the Ares 1, which is part of the Constellation Program to return astronauts to the moon and beyond. Ares 1-X is targeted for launch in July 2009.
Date 1/31/09
Final New Lightning Tower St …
On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's …
2/11/09
Description On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane completes construction of the third and final tower in the new lightning protection system for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches. Each of the three lightning towers will be 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire catenary system. This improved lightning protection system allows for the taller height of the Ares 1 rocket compared to the space shuttle. Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including the Ares 1-X test flight that is targeted for July 2009.
Date 2/11/09
Final New Lightning Tower St …
On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's …
2/11/09
Description On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane completes construction of the third and final tower in the new lightning protection system for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches. Each of the three lightning towers will be 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire catenary system. This improved lightning protection system allows for the taller height of the Ares 1 rocket compared to the space shuttle. Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including the Ares 1-X test flight that is targeted for July 2009.
Date 2/11/09
Roll Control System Installe …
The second of two roll contr …
4/17/09
Description The second of two roll control system modules for the Ares 1-X was installed April 29 into the rocket's interstage. The work took place inside the Vehicle Assembly building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The system is designed to perform a 90-degree roll after the rocket clears the launch tower, preventing a roll during flight and maintaining the orientation of the rocket until separation of the upper and first stages. Part of the upper stage simulator, the system is composed of two modules and four thrusters. Ares 1-X is the test rocket for the Ares 1, which is part of the NASA Constellation Program's plans to return astronauts to the moon and beyond. Ares 1-X is targeted for launch in August 2009.
Date 4/17/09
Parachute Packing for the Ar …
Newly-designed parachutes ar …
4/3/09
Title Parachute Packing for the Ares Flight Test
Date 4/3/09
Description Newly-designed parachutes are part of the Constellation Program's Ares solid rocket booster and crew vehicle recovery system.
Last SSME test on A-1
The Stennis Space Center con …
9/29/06
Description The Stennis Space Center conducted the final space shuttle main engine test on its A-1 Test Stand Friday. The A-1 Test Stand was the site of the first test on a shuttle main engine in 1975. Stennis will continue testing shuttle main engines on its A-2 Test Stand through the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2010. The A-1 stand begins a new chapter in its operational history in October. It will be temporarily decommissioned to convert it for testing the J-2X engine, which will power the upper stage of NASA's new crew launch vehicle, the Ares I. Although this ends the stand's work on the Space Shuttle Program, it will soon be used for the rocket that will carry America's next generation human spacecraft, Orion.
Date 9/29/06
A-1 to Constellation
The A-1 Test Stand at NASA S …
11/9/06
Description The A-1 Test Stand at NASA Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., was the focus of a ceremony held Thursday to transition the storied facility to a new program of work: testing the J-2X engines that will power the agency's next generation spacecraft, Ares I & V. Standing before the historic structure, with a plaque commemorating the change, are (from left) SSC Center Director Richard Gilbrech, NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Scott Horowitz, and NASA Space Operations Deputy Associate Administrator for Program Integration Michael Hawes. Ares vehicles are the crew and cargo launch vehicles being developed under NASA's Constellation Program.
Date 11/9/06
A-3 First Tree Cutting
Tree clearing for the site o …
6/13/07
Description Tree clearing for the site of the new A-3 Test Stand at Stennis Space center began June 13. NASA's first new large rocket engine test stand to be built since the site's inception, A-3 construction begins a historic era for America's largest rocket engine test complex. The 300-foot-tall structure is scheduled for completion in August 2010. A-3 will perform altitude tests on the Constellation's J-2X engine that will power the upper stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle and earth departure stage of the Ares V cargo launch vehicle. The Constellation Program, NASA's plan for carrying out the nation's Vision for Space Exploration, will return humans to the moon and eventually carry them to Mars and beyond.
Date 6/13/07
J-2X installation on A-1
Core components of the J-2X …
9/20/07
Description Core components of the J-2X engine being designed for NASA's Constellation Program recently were installed on the A-1 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. Tests of the components, known as Powerpack 1A, will be conducted from November 2007 through February 2008. The Powerpack 1A test article consists of a gas generator and engine turbopumps originally developed for the Apollo Program that put Americans on the moon in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Engineers are testing these heritage components to obtain data that will help them modify the turbomachinery to meet the higher performance requirements of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles. The upcoming tests will simulate inlet and outlet conditions that would be present on the turbomachinery during a full-up engine hot-fire test.
Date 9/20/07
J-2X concludes series of tes …
NASA engineers successfully …
5/9/08
Description NASA engineers successfully complete the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation Program.
Date 5/9/08
J-2X concludes series of tes …
NASA engineers successfully …
5/9/08
Description NASA engineers successfully complete the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation Program.
Date 5/9/08
Ares V Scale Model
A worker completes installat …
5/13/09
Description A worker completes installation of a 25-foot-tall scale model of the Ares V rocket outside the Visitor Center at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The Ares V cargo launch vehicle will be the "heavy lifter" of America's next-generation space fleet. and will serve as NASA's primary vessel for delivering large hardware to space. Glenn is leading the design and development of the rocket's payload shroud and several subsystems on the upper stage. Making its first flights in the next decade, Ares V is part of the Constellation Program to send human explorers back to the moon, and then onward to Mars and other destinations in the solar system. Image Credit: NASA/Bridget Caswell (WYLE)
Date 5/13/09
ACD07-0145-001
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Dolores Beasley, Director NASA Ames PAO
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-002
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Dolores Beasley, Director NASA Ames PAO
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-003
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Speaker Jeff Hanley, JSC Constellation program manager
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-004
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Speaker Jeff Hanley, JSC Constellation program manager
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-005
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Speaker Jeff Hanley, JSC Constellation program manager
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-006
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Speaker, Skip Hatfield, JSC Orion Project Manager [...]
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-007
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020.
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-008
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Speaker James Reuther, ARC, leader of the Advanced Development Thermal rotection Systems (heat shield) project for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-009
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Speaker James Reuther, ARC, leader of the Advanced Development Thermal rotection Systems (heat shield) project for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-010
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Speaker James Reuther, ARC, leader of the Advanced Development Thermal rotection Systems (heat shield) project for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-011
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Speaker James Reuther, ARC, leader of the Advanced Development Thermal rotection Systems (heat shield) project for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-012
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020.
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-013
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020.
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-014
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. (with Mike Mewhinney, Ames PAO (news chief) Officer)
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-015
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020.
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-016
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. (with Kelly Humphries, JSC - on detail to Ames PAO '07-'08)
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-017
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. (with Ruth Marlaire)
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-018
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. with John Bluck, NASA Ames PAO officer
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-019
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020.
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-020
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020.
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-021
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Bill Moede and Jim Taylor, Ames (Planners) Video crew and Ed Schilling, NASA video producer in distance
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-022
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020.
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-023
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. (with front right, Eric James, NASA-EX on camera, Ed Schilling, NASA video producer in distance with Astrid Olson, NASA Ames PAO)
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-024
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Bill Moede and Jim Taylor, Ames (Planners) Video crew
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-025
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020.
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-026
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020.
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-027
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Speaker Jeff Hanley, JSC Constellation program manager
Date 8/1/07
ACD07-0145-028
NASA Officials gather at Ame …
8/1/07
Description NASA Officials gather at Ames Research Center to discuss Spaceship development progress. Constellation is developing the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets to support an American return to the moon by 2020. Speaker, Skip Hatfield, JSC Orion Project Manager [...]
Date 8/1/07
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