Hola amigos: A VUELO DE UN QUINDE EL BLOG., la Agencia Espacial NASA , nos informa que ya completó la revisión de un un componente llamado: the Launch Vehicle Adapter que se adaptaría al vehículo comercial de la BOING para su lanzamiento.
Boing es una de las tres principales empresas que trabaja NASA, desde hace media década que unidos le permitirá desarrollar iniciativas que tarde o temprano permitirán su disponibilidad para los servicios humanos que la NASA tiene para enviar astronautas a la Estación Espacial Internacional.
Los invito a leer la información original en inglés...........
Boeing Completes Launch Vehicle Adapter Review
04.05.13
Image
above: Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V
rocket stands ready for liftoff in this artist's concept. Image credit:
Boeing
The Boeing Company of Houston, a NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP)
partner, has successfully completed a preliminary design review (PDR) of
the component that would connect the company's new crew capsule to its
rocket.
The review is one of six performance milestones Boeing has completed for
NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which
is intended to make available commercial human spaceflight services for
government and commercial customers. The company is on track to
complete all 19 of its milestones during CCiCap.
Boeing is one of three U.S. companies NASA is working with during CCiCap
to set the stage for a crewed orbital demonstration mission around the
middle of the decade. Future development and certification initiatives
eventually will lead to the availability of human spaceflight services
for NASA to send its astronauts to the International Space Station.
The component that was reviewed is called the Launch Vehicle Adapter.
The critical structure is being designed by United Launch Alliance (ULA)
to join Boeing's Crew Space Transportation-100 (CST-100) spacecraft to
ULA's Atlas V rocket, just above the rocket's second stage.
"Solid systems engineering integration is critical to the design of a
safe system," said Ed Mango, NASA's CCP manager. "Boeing and all of
NASA's partner companies are working to build in proper systems
integration into their designs. This review with Boeing and their
partner ULA was a good review of the current state of these important
design interfaces."
In recent weeks, teams from NASA, Boeing and ULA met at ULA's
headquarters in Denver, Colo., to assess requirements and capabilities
to safely launch people into low-Earth orbit from U.S. soil once again.
The PDR was a culmination of early development and preliminary analysis
to demonstrate the design is ready to proceed with detailed engineering.
"The PDR was an outstanding integrated effort by the Boeing, ULA and
NASA teams," said John Mulholland, vice president and program manager of
Boeing Commercial Programs. "The ULA design leverages the heritage
hardware of the Atlas V to integrate with the CST-100, setting the
baseline for us to proceed to wind tunnel testing and the Launch
Segment-level PDR in June."
In addition to the Launch Vehicle Adapter PDR, Boeing recently completed
two additional CCiCap milestones, including the Engineering Release
(ER) 2.0 software release and the Landing and Recovery Ground Systems
and Ground Communications design review.
The ER 2.0 software release was completed Jan. 25 in Boeing's Avionics
and Software Integration Facility Lab in Houston. This test laid the
foundation for the software structure to control and fly the spacecraft,
as well as communicate with pilots and ground systems.
The landing and recovery ground systems and ground communications design
review Jan. 16 to 18 in Titusville, Fla., established the baseline plan
for equipment and infrastructure needed for CST-100 spacecraft ground
communications and landing and recovery operations.
For more information about NASA's Commercial Crew Program, visit:
Image
above: This is an artist's concept of Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft
separating from the first stage of its launch vehicle, a United Launch
Alliance Atlas V rocket, following liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station in Florida. Image credit: Boeing
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Image
above: This artist's concept shows Boeing's Crew Space Transportation
spacecraft, or CST-100, approaching the International Space Station.
Boeing is working in collaboration with NASA's Commercial Crew Program
to develop a service to take astronauts to destinations such as the
space station. Image credit: Boeing
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