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domingo, 3 de julio de 2016

NASA : Booster Test for Space Launch System Rocket.- Prueba de refuerzo para Rocket sistema de lanzamiento espacial

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Rocket booster horizontal on ground fires up for test
The second and final qualification motor (QM-2) test for the Space Launch System’s booster is seen, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Orbital ATK Propulsion Systems test facilities in Promontory, Utah. During the Space Launch System flight the boosters will provide more than 75 percent of the thrust needed to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth, the first step on NASA’s Journey to Mars. 
The booster was tested at a cold motor conditioning target of 40 degrees Fahrenheit –the colder end of its accepted propellant temperature range. When ignited, temperatures inside the booster reached nearly 6,000 degrees. The two-minute, full-duration ground qualification test provided NASA with critical data on 82 qualification objectives that will support certification of the booster for flight. Engineers now will evaluate these data, captured by more than 530 instrumentation channels on the booster.
Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Last Updated: June 29, 2016
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sábado, 25 de junio de 2016

NASA :A Test Version of the Booster for NASA's New Rocket .- Una versión de prueba del Booster en el nuevo cohete de la NASA

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Test version of the booster for NASA's Space Launch System
A test version of the booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, will fire up for the second of two qualification ground tests at 10:05 a.m. EDT (8:05 a.m. MDT) Tuesday, June 28 at prime contractor Orbital ATK's test facility in Promontory, Utah. NASA Television will air live coverage of the booster test June 28 beginning at 9:30 a.m.
 
The test will provide NASA with critical data to support booster qualification for flight. When completed, two five-segment boosters and four RS-25 main engines will power the world's most powerful rocket, with the Orion spacecraft atop, to achieve human exploration to deep-space destinations, including our journey to Mars.
Image Credit: Orbital ATK
Last Updated: June 24, 2016
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viernes, 1 de abril de 2016

NASA : NASA's 'Spaceport of the Future' Reaches Another Milestone .- "Puerto espacial del futuro 'de la NASA alcanza otro hito

Hola amigos: A VUELO DE UN QUINDE EL BLOG., La NASA ha completado un hito importante en su viaje a Marte y está listo para comenzar otra fase de las obras de su puerto espacial del futuro, donde la próxima generación de astronautas que lanzará a Marte y otros destinos en el espacio profundo.
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Artist concept of SLS
This artist concept depicts the Space Launch System rocket rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built and will launch the agency’s Orion spacecraft into a new era of exploration to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit.
Credits: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
 
NASA has completed a major milestone on its journey to Mars and is ready to begin another phase of work on its spaceport of the future, where the next generation of astronauts will launch to Mars and other deep-space destinations.

The agency recently wrapped up a comprehensive and successful review of plans for the facilities and ground support systems that will process the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

“NASA is developing and modernizing the ground systems at Kennedy to safely integrate Orion with SLS, move the vehicle to the pad, and successfully launch it into space,” said Bill Hill, deputy associate administrator of NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Division at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. “Modernizing the ground systems for our journey to Mars also ensures long-term sustainability and affordability to meet future needs of the multi-use spaceport.”

Over the course of a few months, engineers and experts across the agency reviewed hundreds of documents as part of a comprehensive assessment. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program (GSDO), responsible for processing SLS and Orion for flight and ensuring all systems and facilities are ready, completed its critical design review (CDR) of the facilities and ground support systems plans in December 2015.

This was followed in January by the completion of an independent assessment by a Standing Review Board, a team of aerospace experts that assessed program readiness and confirmed the program is on track to complete the engineering design and development process on budget and on schedule. 

In the final step before actual fabrication, installation and testing of Kennedy's ground systems, the GSDO program and review board briefed the results of their assessments to NASA’s Agency Program Management Council, led by Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot.

Engineers are transforming Kennedy's launch infrastructure to support the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft. The heavy-lift rocket will be stacked in the Vehicle Assembly Building on the mobile launcher and roll out to Launch Pad 39B atop a modified crawler transporter. The Orion spacecraft will be fueled with propellants in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at Kennedy prior to stacking atop the rocket. The launch team will use the new command and control system in the firing room as the clock counts down to liftoff of SLS’s first flight.

“The team is working hard and we are making remarkable progress transforming our facilities," said Mike Bolger, GSDO Program Manager. "As we are preparing for NASA's journey to Mars, the outstanding team at the Kennedy Space Center is ensuring that we will be ready to receive SLS and Orion flight hardware and process the vehicle for the first flight in 2018."

The council also heard the results of the Orion CDR, completed at the program level in October 2015. The evaluation assessed the primary systems of the spacecraft, including the capsule’s structures, pyrotechnics, Launch Abort System jettison, guidance, navigation and control and software systems among many other elements. 

For the spacecraft’s first mission on the SLS rocket, ESA (European Space Agency) is providing Orion’s service module, which powers, propels, cools and provides consumables like air and water in space. Results from ESA's service module design review, which began this month, will be assessed and incorporated into Orion development and integration plans later this summer. Systems unique to the first crewed flight will be addressed at a review in the fall of 2017.

Progress continues on Orion at NASA facilities across the country. The underlying structure of the crew module arrived at Kennedy in early February for outfitting, which is currently underway. Over the next 18 months, thousands of Orion components will arrive and be installed.

Meanwhile, a structural representation of the service module is being tested at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, where engineers conducted a successful solar array wing deployment test on Feb. 29 and are preparing for a variety of tests to confirm it can withstand the harsh conditions of launch. 

For more information on GSDO, visit:


For more information on Orion, visit:


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Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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Johnson Space Center, Houston
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Last Updated: March 31, 2016
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domingo, 7 de febrero de 2016

NASA : Engineers Mark Completion of Orion’s Pressure Vessel .- Los ingenieros marcan la finalización de los recipientes a presión de Orión

Hola amigos: A VUELO DE UN QUINDE EL BLOG., Soldadura de aluminio siete piezas grandes de Orión, que comenzó en septiembre de 2015, aparejado un proceso meticuloso. Ingenieros preparados y equipados cada elemento con medidores de deformación y el cableado para controlar el metal durante el proceso. Las piezas se unen utilizando un proceso llamado soldadura por fricción-agitación del estado de la técnica, que produce lazos muy fuertes mediante la transformación de metales a partir de un sólido a un estado parecido al plástico, y luego usando una herramienta pivote giratorio para ablandar, remover y forjar un vínculo entre los dos componentes de metal para formar una unión soldada uniforme, un requisito vital de equipo espacial de próxima generación.
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Orion spacecraft structure inside large room with engineer standing at right
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is another step closer to launching on its first mission to deep space atop the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. On Jan. 13, 2016, technicians at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans finished welding together the primary structure of the Orion spacecraft destined for deep space, marking another important step on the journey to Mars.
 
Welding Orion’s seven large aluminum pieces, which began in September 2015, involved a meticulous process. Engineers prepared and outfitted each element with strain gauges and wiring to monitor the metal during the process. The pieces were joined using a state-of-the-art process called friction-stir welding, which produces incredibly strong bonds by transforming metals from a solid into a plastic-like state, and then using a rotating pin tool to soften, stir and forge a bond between two metal components to form a uniform welded joint, a vital requirement of next-generation space hardware.
Image Credit: NASA
Last Updated: Jan. 27, 2016
Editor: Sarah Loff

NASA to Announce Science, Technology Missions for First Flight of Space Launch System

NASA Television will air the announcement of the selection of a fleet of small satellites to launch on the inaugural flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS). The event, which is at 11 a.m. EST (10 a.m. CST) Tuesday, Feb. 2, from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will announce the CubeSats that will fly as secondary payloads and deploy to conduct science and technology demonstrations in deep space.

Following the event, which media are invited to participate in, NASA TV will air a demonstration of the Near-Earth Asteroid Scout (NEA Scout), a CubeSat that uses solar sail propulsion for low-cost exploration and reconnaissance of an asteroid.

The participants for both the announcement and demonstration are:
  • NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman
  • Todd May, Marshall Space Flight Center director (acting)
  • Bill Hill, deputy associate administrator of Exploration Systems Development at NASA Headquarters in Washington
  • Michael Seablom, chief technologist for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters
  • Jim Cockrell, Cube Quest program administrator in NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California
  • Jitendra Joshi, technology integration lead for the Advanced Exploration Systems Division at NASA Headquarters
  • Chris Crumbly, manager of the Space Launch System Spacecraft and Payload Integration/Evolution Office at Marshall
  • Leslie McNutt, NEA Scout project manager at Marshall
  • Les Johnson, NEA Scout solar sail principal investigator at Marshall

The event will include a brief question-and-answer session with media attending in person or by phone. To participate by phone, media must contact Kim Newton at 256-544-0371, 256-653-5173 or kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov by 1 p.m. (noon CST) on Monday, Feb. 1. During the broadcast, viewers can ask questions on social media using #AskNASA.

The primary goal of the first integrated launch of NASA’s SLS and Orion spacecraft is to demonstrate the agency’s new capability to launch future crewed, deep space missions, which include missions to an asteroid and Mars. As a bonus, SLS will carry 13 CubeSats on its first flight as secondary payloads. These small satellites will perform various in-space experiments and demonstrations to advance the technological capabilities needed to take humans farther into space than ever before. The secondary payloads were selected through a series of announcements of flight opportunities, a public contest, and negotiations with NASA’s international partners.

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Kathryn Hambleton
Headquarters, Washington
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Kim Newton / Shannon Ridinger
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
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Last Updated: Jan. 28, 2016
Editor: Allard Beutel
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Super Guppy Ready to Transport the Orion Spacecraft


NASA's Super Guppy airplane ready to transport Orion spacecraft to Kennedy Space Center.      
NASA's Super Guppy aircraft readies to transport the Orion spacecraft pressure vessel for Exploration Mission-1 from the Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The pressure vessel will fly on the first integrated launch of Orion and NASA's powerful new rocket, the Space Launch System. The test flight, which will fly without crew, will demonstrate the agency’s new capability to launch future deep space missions, which include missions to an asteroid and Mars.
The Super Guppy has a cargo compartment that is 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide and 111 feet long and can carry more than 26 tons. The aircraft has unique hinged nose that can open more than 200 degrees, allowing large pieces of cargo to be loaded and unloaded from the front.
Image Credit: NASA
Last Updated: Feb. 1, 2016
Editor: Steve Fox
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Todd May Named Marshall Space Flight Center Director

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Todd May, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Credits: NASA

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Todd May director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. May was appointed Marshall deputy director in August 2015 and has been serving as acting director since the Nov. 13, 2015 retirement of Patrick Scheuermann.

As director, May will lead one of NASA's largest field installations, with almost 6,000 civil service and contractor employees, an annual budget of approximately $2.5 billion and a broad spectrum of human spaceflight, science and technology development missions.

"Todd’s experience and leadership have been invaluable to the agency, especially as we have embarked on designing, building and testing the Space Launch System, a critical part of NASA’s journey to Mars," said Bolden. "He brings his expert program management and leadership skills and sense of mission to this new role, and I look forward to having him at the helm of Marshall."

Since its inception in 2011, May led the Space Launch System (SLS) program through a series of milestones, including a successful in-depth critical design review. SLS, now under development, is the most powerful rocket ever built, able to carry astronauts in NASA's Orion spacecraft on deep space missions, including to an asteroid and ultimately on a journey to Mars.

May's NASA career began in 1991 in the Materials and Processes Laboratory at Marshall. He was deputy program manager of the Russian Integration Office in the International Space Station Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1994. May managed the successful integration, launch and commissioning of the station's Quest airlock in 1998. He also joined the team that launched the Gravity Probe B mission to test Einstein's general theory of relativity.

In 2004, May assumed management of the Discovery and New Frontiers Programs, created to explore the solar system with frequent unmanned spacecraft missions. He moved to NASA Headquarters in Washington in 2007 as a deputy associate administrator in the Science Mission Directorate. Returning to Marshall in June 2008, May was named Marshall's associate director, technical, a post he held until being named SLS program manager.

May earned a bachelor's degree in materials engineering from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, in 1990. His many awards include NASA’s Exceptional Achievement Medal, the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive, NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal and the John W. Hager Award for professionalism in materials engineering. He has been named a Distinguished Engineer by Auburn. In 2014, he received Aviation Week's Program Excellence Award, as well as the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation’s Stellar Award in recognition of the SLS team’s many accomplishments.

A native of Fairhope, Alabama, May and his wife, Kelly, have four children and live in Huntsville.

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Headquarters, Washington
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Last Updated: Feb. 1, 2016
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domingo, 25 de octubre de 2015

NASA : NASA Completes Critical Design Review for Space Launch System .- NASA completa la Revisión Crítica del Diseño para el sistema de lanzamiento espacial

Hola amigos: A VUELO DE UN QUINDE EL BLOG., Por primera vez en casi 40 años, un cohete para personas, la NASA ha completado todos los pasos necesarios para eliminar una revisión crítica de diseño (CDR). Espacio sistema de lanzamiento de la agencia (SLS) es el primer vehículo diseñado para cumplir con los desafíos del viaje a Marte y el primer cohete de clase de exploración ya que el Saturno V.SLS será el más potente cohete jamás construido y, con la nave espacial Orion de la agencia, pondrá en marcha a Estados Unidos en una nueva era de la exploración a destinos más allá de la órbita de la Tierra. El CDR proporciona una mirada final en el diseño y desarrollo del vehículo de lanzamiento integrado antes de que comience la fabricación a gran escala."Hemos clavado el diseño del SLS, hemos completado con éxito la primera ronda de pruebas de motores y propulsores del cohete, y todos los componentes principales para el primer vuelo encontramos ahora en la producción", dijo Bill Hill, administrador asociado adjunto de la División de Desarrollo de Sistemas de Exploración de la NASA. "Ha habido desafíos, y habrá más adelante, pero esta revisión nos da la confianza de que estamos en el camino correcto para el primer vuelo de SLS y utilizarlo para extender la presencia humana permanente en el espacio profundo."El CDR examinó la primera de las tres configuraciones previstas para el cohete, denominado SLS Bloque 1. La configuración Bloque I tendrá un mínimo de 70 toneladas métricas (77 toneladas) capacidad de elevación y ser alimentado por Impulsores dobles y cuatro RS- 25 motores. La próxima actualización prevista del SLS, Block 1B, usaría un motor más potente etapa superior de exploración para las misiones más ambiciosas con 105 toneladas métricas (115 toneladas) capacidad de elevación. Bloque 2 agregará un par de refuerzos avanzada propulsante sólido o líquido para proporcionar una 130 toneladas métricas (143 toneladas) capacidad de elevación. En cada configuración, SLS seguirá utilizando la misma etapa de núcleo y cuatro RS-25 motores.El Programa SLS completó la revisión en julio, junto con una revisión independiente por la Junta de Revisión Permanente, que está compuesta por expertos experimentados de la NASA y de la industria que son independientes del programa. A lo largo de 11 semanas, 13 equipos - compuesto por ingenieros y expertos aeroespaciales a través de las agencias y de la industria - revisado más de 1.000 documentos de SLS y más de 150 GB de datos como parte del proceso de evaluación integral al Centro de Vuelo Espacial Marshall de la NASA en Huntsville, Alabama, donde SLS es administrado por la agencia.La Junta de Revisión Permanente examinó y evaluó la preparación del programa y confirmó el esfuerzo técnico está en camino de completar el desarrollo del sistema y cumplir con los requisitos de rendimiento del presupuesto y el calendario previsto.El programa informó a los resultados de la revisión en octubre al Consejo de Administración del Programa Agencia, dirigido por la NASA Administrador Asociado Robert Lightfoot, como el paso final en el proceso de CDR.Esta opinión es la última de las cuatro revisiones que examinan los conceptos y diseños. El siguiente paso para el programa es la certificación de diseño, que tendrá lugar en 2017 después de que se complete la fabricación, integración y pruebas. La certificación del diseño comparará el producto final real al diseño del cohete. La revisión final, la revisión de preparación de vuelo, se llevará a cabo justo antes de la fecha de la disposición 2018 de vuelo."Este es un paso importante en el diseño y la disposición de SLS", dijo John Honeycutt, director del programa SLS. "Nuestro equipo ha trabajado muy duro, y estamos avanzando con la construcción de este cohete. Estamos clasificatoria hardware, construcción de artículos de prueba estructurales, y haciendo un progreso real. "Las revisiones de diseño crítico para el SLS elementos individuales de la etapa central, propulsores y motores se completaron con éxito como parte de este hito. También como parte de los CDR, el programa llegó a la conclusión de la etapa central del cohete y el adaptador de la etapa de Vehículos de Lanzamiento seguirá siendo de color naranja, el color natural del aislamiento que cubrirá esos elementos, en lugar de pintado de blanco. El escenario principal, que se eleva a más de 200 pies de altura y con un diámetro de 27,6 pies, llevará hidrógeno líquido criogénico y combustible de oxígeno líquido para el cohete cuatro RS-25 motores.La nave espacial y cargas útiles integrado están a punto de concluir en su CDR. Hardware Vuelo actualmente está en producción para cada elemento. NASA se prepara para una segunda prueba de calificación para los impulsores de SLS, y artículos de prueba estructurales para el núcleo y las etapas superiores del cohete están ya sea completa o actualmente en producción. La NASA también ha completado recientemente la primera serie de pruebas en el desarrollo de los RS-25 motores.
 
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Block I configuration of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS)
Artist concept of the Block I configuration of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). The SLS Program has completed its critical design review, and the program has concluded that the core stage of the rocket will remain orange along with the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter, which is the natural color of the insulation that will cover those elements.
Credits: NASA
Artist concept highlighting the upper stage of the Block 1 configuration of NASA’s Space Launch System.
Credits: NASA/MSFC
For the first time in almost 40 years, a NASA human-rated rocket has completed all steps needed to clear a critical design review (CDR). The agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) is the first vehicle designed to meet the challenges of the journey to Mars and the first exploration class rocket since the Saturn V.

SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built and, with the agency’s Orion spacecraft, will launch America into a new era of exploration to destinations beyond Earth’s orbit. The CDR provided a final look at the design and development of the integrated launch vehicle before full-scale fabrication begins.

“We’ve nailed down the design of SLS, we’ve successfully completed the first round of testing of the rocket’s engines and boosters, and all the major components for the first flight are now in production,” said Bill Hill, deputy associate administrator of NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Division. “There have been challenges, and there will be more ahead, but this review gives us confidence that we are on the right track for the first flight of SLS and using it to extend permanent human presence into deep space.”

The CDR examined the first of three configurations planned for the rocket, referred to as SLS Block 1. The Block I configuration will have a minimum 70-metric-ton (77-ton) lift capability and be powered by twin boosters and four RS-25 engines. The next planned upgrade of SLS, Block 1B, would use a more powerful exploration upper stage for more ambitious missions with a 105-metric-ton (115-ton) lift capacity. Block 2 will add a pair of advanced solid or liquid propellant boosters to provide a 130-metric-ton (143-ton) lift capacity. In each configuration, SLS will continue to use the same core stage and four RS-25 engines.

The SLS Program completed the review in July, in conjunction with a separate review by the Standing Review Board, which is composed of seasoned experts from NASA and industry who are independent of the program. Throughout the course of 11 weeks, 13 teams – made up of senior engineers and aerospace experts across the agency and industry – reviewed more than 1,000 SLS documents and more than 150 GB of data as part of the comprehensive assessment process at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where SLS is managed for the agency.

The Standing Review Board reviewed and assessed the program’s readiness and confirmed the technical effort is on track to complete system development and meet performance requirements on budget and on schedule. 

The program briefed the results of the review in October to the Agency Program Management Council, led by NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot, as the final step in the CDR process. 

This review is the last of four reviews that examine concepts and designs. The next step for the program is design certification, which will take place in 2017 after manufacturing, integration and testing is complete. The design certification will compare the actual final product to the rocket’s design. The final review, the flight readiness review, will take place just prior to the 2018 flight readiness date.

“This is a major step in the design and readiness of SLS,” said John Honeycutt, SLS program manager. “Our team has worked extremely hard, and we are moving forward with building this rocket. We are qualifying hardware, building structural test articles, and making real progress.”

Critical design reviews for the individual SLS elements of the core stage, boosters and engines were completed successfully as part of this milestone. Also as part of the CDR, the program concluded the core stage of the rocket and Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter will remain orange, the natural color of the insulation that will cover those elements, instead of painted white. The core stage, towering more than 200 feet tall and with a diameter of 27.6 feet, will carry cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen fuel for the rocket’s four RS-25 engines.

The integrated spacecraft and payloads are nearing completion on their CDR. Flight hardware currently is in production for every element. NASA is preparing for a second qualification test for the SLS boosters, and structural test articles for the core and upper stages of the rocket are either completed or currently in production. NASA also recently completed the first developmental test series on the RS-25 engines. 

Future program reviews will focus on SLS integration and flight readiness. For more information on SLS, visit:


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Kathryn Hambleton
Headquarters, Washington
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Shannon Ridinger
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
256-544-0034
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Last Updated: Oct. 22, 2015
Editor: Karen Northon

Tags:  ESD (Exploration Systems Development), Journey to Mars, Space Launch System,

NASA's Space Launch System Design 'Right on Track' for Journey to Mars

Artist concept of the SLS Block 1 configuration.
Artist concept of the SLS Block 1 configuration.
For the first time in almost 40 years, a NASA human-rated rocket has completed all steps needed to clear a critical design review (CDR). The agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) is the first vehicle designed to meet the challenges of the journey to Mars and the first exploration class rocket since the Saturn V.
SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built and, with the agency’s Orion spacecraft, will launch America into a new era of exploration to destinations beyond Earth’s orbit.
Image Credit: NASA/MSFC
(Artist concept updated Oct. 20, 2015)
Last Updated: Oct. 22, 2015
Editor: Jennifer Harbaug
Tags:  Image of the Day, Journey to Mars,

Artist Concept: Space Launch System Takes Flight

Artist concept of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space.
Artist concept of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions, including to an asteroid and ultimately to Mars. The first SLS mission -- Exploration Mission 1 -- will launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to a stable orbit beyond the moon and bring it back to Earth to demonstrate the integrated system performance of the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft’s re-entry and landing prior to a crewed flight.
Image credit: NASA/MSFC
(Artist concept updated Oct. 20, 2015)
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Last Updated: Oct. 22, 2015
Editor: Brooke Boen
Tags:  Journey to Mars,
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