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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
Crew Module, Launch Abort Sy …
NASA is a step closer to the …
1/26/09
Description NASA is a step closer to the first flight test of its back-to-the-moon rocket design with the completion of key Ares I-X rocket hardware elements at NASA's Langley Research Center, in Hampton, Va. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 1/26/09
'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
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
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
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 Powerpack hot-fire test
The first hot-fire test of t …
1/31/08
Description The first hot-fire test of the J-2X power pack 1A gas generator was performed Jan. 31 on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center. Initial indications are that all test objectives were met. The test was designed as a 3.42-second helium spin start with gas generator ignition and it went the full scheduled duration. Test conductors reported a smooth start with normal shutdown and described the event as a "good test." The test was part of the early component testing for the new J-2X engine being built by NASA to power the Ares I and Ares V rockets that will carry humans back to the moon and on to Mars. It was performed as one in a series of 12 scheduled tests. Those tests began last November at Stennis, but the January 31 event represented the first hot-fire test. The Stennis tests are a critical step in the successful development of the J-2X engine.
Date 1/31/08
Creating the Future
Bob Peters, of Kendel Weldin …
12/8/08
Description Bob Peters, of Kendel Welding and Fabrication, welds part of an internal access support for the Ares I-X upper stage simulator at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. In 2009, NASA will launch Ares I-X, a test flight for the new Ares I rocket. Ares I will launch astronauts on missions to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond. Several components of the test rocket, including simulators of Ares I's upper stage, service module and spacecraft adapter are being designed and manufactured at the Glenn Research Center. Image Credit: NASA/Quentin Schwinn (RS Information Systems, Inc.)
Date 12/8/08
Building an Original
Platforms surround the Ares …
10/23/09
Description Platforms surround the Ares I-X in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building before it was moved to the launch pad on Oct. 20, 2009. Closer in height to the hulking Saturn V moon rockets than the space shuttle, Ares I-X looks unlike any rocket that's ever stood at Launch Complex 39. But it blends familiar hardware from existing programs with newly developed components. Four first-stage, solid-fuel booster segments are derived from the Space Shuttle Program. A simulated fifth booster segment contains Atlas-V-based avionics, and the rocket's roll control system comes from the Peacekeeper missile. The launch abort system, simulated crew and service modules, upper stage, and various connecting structures all are original. Image Credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
Date 10/23/09
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
ACD07-0145-029
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
ACD07-0145-030
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
ACD07-0145-031
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
ACD07-0145-032
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
ACD07-0145-033
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
ACD07-0145-034
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
ACD07-0145-035
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
ACD07-0145-036
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
ACD07-0145-037
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
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