Hola amigos: A VUELO DE UN QUINDE EL BLOG., la Agencia Espacial NASA, nos informa sobre sus trabajos con socios en la industria espacial, lo establecen como hitos los 23 acuerdos que se lograron en 2014, con miles de sesiones en la creación de sistemas, para la generación de sistemas de transporte tripulados seguros y fiables, realizados en la órbita de la tierra.
NASA, nos dice :...." "Decir que hemos estado ocupados realmente sería un eufemismo", dijo Kathy Lueders, director del Programa Tripulación Comercial. "Nuestros socios en Blue Origin, Boeing, Sierra Nevada Corporation y SpaceX han hecho enormes progresos en sus respectivos sistemas de todo el año y estamos contentos de ellos han apoyado a lo largo de su camino. Mi equipo y yo estamos muy contentos de continuar trabajando con nuestros socios en el próximo año.......... ".
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NASA’s
Commercial Crew Program and the agency’s industry partners completed 23
agreement and contract milestones in 2014 and participated in thousands of hours
of technical review sessions. The sessions focused on creating a new generation
of safe, reliable and cost-effective crew space transportation systems to
low-Earth orbit destinations.
“To say we’ve been busy would truly be an understatement,” said Kathy
Lueders, manager of the Commercial Crew Program. “Our partners at Blue Origin,
Boeing, Sierra Nevada Corporation and SpaceX have made tremendous strides in
their respective systems throughout the year and we’re happy to have supported
them along their way. My team and I are excited to continue to work with our
partners in the coming year.”
Blue Origin continued the development of its Space Vehicle spacecraft
designed to carry people into low-Earth orbit. The company also continued work
on its subscale propellant tank assembly through an unfunded Commercial Crew
Development Round 2 (CCDev2) agreement with NASA, which was recently extended
until April 2016. In the coming year, Blue Origin will further test its
propellant tank and BE-3 engine.
Both Boeing and SpaceX began work on the Commercial Crew Transportation
Capability (CCtCap) contracts to develop systems to transport astronauts to and
from the International Space Station.
In 2014 Boeing closed out its Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap)
agreement and Certification Products Contract (CPC) with NASA. The company also
completed its first two CCtCap milestones. Boeing worked with the agency to set
an operating rhythm and path toward certification of the CST-100 spacecraft and
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. NASA evaluated the designs of the
company’s ground-based systems that will be used to carry crews to the station,
including the launch complex, crew training, countdown operations mission
control facilities, landing locations and post-landing operations.
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) performed incremental tests of its reaction
control system that will help maneuver its Dream Chaser spacecraft in space. SNC
achieved its CCiCap milestone in November and built on previous propulsion
system development efforts by implementing a compact prototype thruster
operating in a vacuum chamber to simulate an on-orbit environment. This year,
the company also performed wind tunnel and risk-reduction testing under its
CCiCap agreement and closed out its Certification Products Contract with NASA.
In 2015, the company will perform the second free-flight of its Dream Chaser
test article at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center.
SpaceX performed two milestones, its Dragon Primary Structure Qualification
and Delta Crew Vehicle Critical Design Review, in November as part of its CCiCap
agreement. Under that agreement, SpaceX also performed other critical design
reviews of its systems and operations this year. The company continued to
provide NASA with data in preparation for the company’s Certification Baseline
Review under its CCtCap contract, which was approved this month. SpaceX also
closed out its CPC contract with NASA in 2014. Next year, SpaceX will perform
two abort tests for its Crew Dragon spacecraft under its CCiCap agreement.
"Our partners and providers are working on real hardware and will be doing
exciting tests next year,” Lueders said. “Pad infrastructures, processing
facilities, hardware and crew training mock-ups, which are all key elements
crucial to flying crew safely in just a few years, will take a more cohesive
shape next year.”
NASA's goal for the Commercial Crew Program is to facilitate the development
of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability with the goal of
achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from low-Earth orbit
and the International Space Station. With the CCtCap contracts announced Sept.
16, NASA’s goal is to certify crew transportation systems in 2017 that will
return the ability to launch astronauts from the United States to the
International Space Station.
For more information on NASA's Commercial Crew Program, visit:
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Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
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