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Crew Module, Launch Abort Sy …
Ares I-X simulated crew modu …
01/30/09
Description Ares I-X simulated crew module and launch abort system flight hardware arrives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This hardware will complete the nose of the rocket. Nearly 150 sensors on the hardware will measure aerodynamic pressure and temperature at the nose of the rocket and contribute to measurements of vehicle acceleration and angle of attack. The data will help NASA understand whether the design is safe and stable in flight, a question that must be answered before astronauts begin traveling into orbit and beyond. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 01/30/09
Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy …
01/30/09
Description The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 01/30/09
Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy …
01/30/09
Description The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 01/30/09
Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy …
01/30/09
Description The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 01/30/09
Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy …
01/30/09
Description The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 01/30/09
Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy …
01/30/09
Description The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 01/30/09
Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy …
01/30/09
Description The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 01/30/09
Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy …
01/30/09
Description The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 01/30/09
Ares I-X Coming Together
Sunrise at NASA's Kennedy Sp …
01/30/09
Description Sunrise at NASA's Kennedy Space Center the day the Ares I-X crew module and launch abort system simulators arrived from NASA Langley. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 01/30/09
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
Ares I Taking Shape
In high bay 4 of the Vehicle …
3/3/09
Description In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane moves the Ares I-X crew module simulator toward a stand at right, amid other Ares I-X segments stacked around the floor of the bay. </br></br> Ares I-X is the test flight for the Ares I. The flight will provide NASA with an early opportunity to test and prove hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with Ares I. The launch of the 327-foot-tall, full-scale Ares I-X, targeted for July 2009, will be the first in a series of unpiloted rocket launches from Kennedy. When fully developed, the 16-foot diameter crew module will furnish living space and reentry protection for the astronauts. </br> </br> Image credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs</br> Feb. 25, 2009
Date 3/3/09
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
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
Inside Job
In the Vehicle Assembly Buil …
10/12/09
Description In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician works on a platform mounted on the interior wall of the upper stage simulator of the 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket. Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann Oct. 6, 2009
Date 10/12/09
Preparing for Flight
In the Vehicle Assembly Buil …
11/24/08
Description In the Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 4 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, one of the Ares I-X upper stage simulator segments bears the NASA insignia. The upper stage simulator will be used in the test flight identified as Ares I-X in 2009. Image credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs Nov. 21, 2008
Date 11/24/08
Ares Lift
Hardware is being fabricated …
12/1/08
Description Hardware is being fabricated at NASA Langley prior to airlifting to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for flight test next year. Pictured is a major element of the Ares I-X Crew Module/Launch Abort System simulator. The elements will simulate the topmost parts of the Ares I-X, the rocket designed to demonstrate technologies for NASA's next generation of crewed spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 12/1/08
Rocket Welding
A worker grinds welds on an …
11/5/08
Description A worker grinds welds on an Ares I-X rocket segment being readied for shipment to Kennedy Space Center in September for a test launch next year. NASA's Glenn Research Center is designing and manufacturing several components of the test rocket, including the upper stage mass simulator and the service module and spacecraft adapter simulators. Photographer: Marvin Smith (Wyle)
Date 11/5/08
'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
NASA Ares 1-X Parachutes Pac …
In the Parachute Refurbishme …
2/12/09
Description In the Parachute Refurbishment Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, senior aero composite technicians pack a colorful main parachute for use on the Ares 1-X rocket test flight. To understand the colossal size of the Ares chutes, imagine a cluster of three brightly colored canopies that cover more than two acres and are 325 feet long from end-to-end. Kevlar makes these new parachutes stronger and lighter than their nylon predecessors. Although the cute is bigger, it still fits into the same-sized container and weighs less. The Ares 1-X launch is targeted for July 2009 from Kennedy's Launch Pad 39B and will provide an early opportunity to test and prove hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares 1 rocket.
Date 2/12/09
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
NASA's Ares 1-X Rocket Boost …
On March 19, five railroad c …
3/19/09
Description On March 19, five railroad cars containing four reusable solid rocket booster segments and the nozzle exit cone for the Ares 1-X test rocket were assembled at Kennedy's Wilson Yard by the NASA Railroad for delivery to a rail siding within the secured area of Kennedy Space Center. The first segment was then delivered to Kennedy's Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at Launch Complex 39 in preparation for prelaunch processing. On March 26, the rail car cover was removed and a post-arrival quality inspection of the internal propellant grain was performed by NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc, or ATK, engineers, and technicians. The booster segments for the Ares 1-X launch are manufactured by first stage prime contractor ATK.
Date 3/19/09
Final Hardware for Test of N …
The four reusable solid rock …
3/20/09
Description The four reusable solid rocket booster segments and the nozzle exit cone for the Ares 1-X rocket were delivered March 19 by the Florida East Coast Railway o the Jay Jay interchange with the NASA Railroad at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. This is the final hardware needed for the Ares 1-X's upcoming test flight this summer. It is manufactured by the Ares 1-X first stage prime contractor Alliant Techsystems Inc, or ATK. The train departed Utah March 13 on the seven-day, cross-country trip to Florida. Accompanying the train upon arrival were managers from ATK and NASA. The segments will be delivered to the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at Complex 39 for prelaunch processing.
Date 3/20/09
Final Hardware for Test of N …
The four reusable solid rock …
3/20/09
Description The four reusable solid rocket booster segments and the nozzle exit cone for the Ares 1-X rocket were delivered March 19 by the Florida East Coast Railway o the Jay Jay interchange with the NASA Railroad at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. This is the final hardware needed for the Ares 1-X's upcoming test flight this summer. It is manufactured by the Ares 1-X first stage prime contractor Alliant Techsystems Inc, or ATK. The train departed Utah March 13 on the seven-day, cross-country trip to Florida. Accompanying the train upon arrival were managers from ATK and NASA. The segments will be delivered to the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at Complex 39 for prelaunch processing.
Date 3/20/09
Launch Platform for NASA Are …
At NASA's Kennedy Space Cent …
4/13/09
Description At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Mobile Launcher Platform, or MLP-1, rolled from Launch Pad 39B to the Vehicle Assembly Building on April 13. With MLP-1 now in the VAB's High Bay 3, preparations can begin for stacking of NASA's Ares 1-X rocket for its flight test this summer.
Date 4/13/09
NASA Received First Stage Ro …
NASA's Kennedy Space Center …
11/11/08
Description NASA's Kennedy Space Center welcomed the arrival of the Ares 1-X Forward Skirt on Nov. 10. The Forward Skirt is the initial piece of first stage hardware in preparation for the test flight of the agency's next-generation spacecraft and launch vehicle system targeted for July 2009. The hardware began its trip Nov. 7 from Major Tool & Machine Inc. in Indiana. Major Tool is the subcontractor to Ares 1 prime contractor Alliant Techsystems Inc., or ATK, in Utah. The Forward Skirt was delivered to Kennedy on a semi truck.
Date 11/11/08
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
First Ares 1-X Rocket Flight …
The first major flight hardw …
11/3/08
Description The first major flight hardware of the Ares 1-X rocket arrived in Florida on Nov. 3 to begin processing for its launch in 2009. The upper stage simulator arrived at Port Canaveral by ship. The flight hardware was off-loaded from the barge and taken to high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The upper stage simulator is made up of eleven individual components which were designed and manufactured by NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. They represent the size, outer shape and weight of the second stage of the Ares 1-X rocket and will be integrated in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy. The upper stage simulator will later be hoisted for stacking atop the Ares 1-X solid rocket booster segments.
Date 11/3/08
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
Simulated Crew Module Arrive …
The crew module simulator fo …
2/6/09
Title Simulated Crew Module Arrives to Top off Ares I-X
Date 2/6/09
Description The crew module simulator for the Ares I-X test flight arrives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Ares I-X at the Launch Pad
NASA's Ares I-X rocket is se …
10/27/09
Description NASA's Ares I-X rocket is seen on Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. The flight test of Ares I-X, scheduled for today, Oct. 27, 2009, will provide NASA with an early opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date 10/27/09
Ares I-X Lifts Off
Mission managers watch as NA …
10/28/09
Description Mission managers watch as NASA's Ares I-X rocket launches from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. The flight test will provide NASA with an early opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date 10/28/09
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
1/30/09
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 1/30/09
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
1/30/09
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 1/30/09
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
1/30/09
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 1/30/09
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
1/30/09
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 1/30/09
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
11/13/08
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 11/13/08
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
1/30/09
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 1/30/09
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
11/13/08
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 11/13/08
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
1/27/09
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 1/27/09
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
1/30/09
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 1/30/09
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
1/27/09
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 1/27/09
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
1/30/09
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 1/30/09
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
1/27/09
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 1/27/09
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and …
1/30/09
Description Ares 1-X LAS CM Project and Transfer To Kennedy Space Center
Date 1/30/09
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