Orion

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От Вас, дорогой!  

http://vz.ru/news/2012/7/3/586549.html

NASA представило корпус для сверхдальнего космического корабля

Тут всё точно изложено. :wink:

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NASA Celebrates Orion Milestone

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=147666581

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Checking in on NASA's Space Launch System

When SpaceX's Dragon capsule returned from its historic trip to the International Space Station this May, it proved that -- in theory -- the idea of having private spaceflight companies relieve NASA of its low-Earth orbit taxi duties can succeed. Meanwhile, work continues on the Space Launch System, the next-generation deep space vehicle slated to take humans beyond Earth for the first time since 1972.

Orion arrives at KSC

Amid much pomp and circumstance, the first space-bound Orion capsule arrived at Kennedy Space Center at the end of June. Orion sat naked during its official unveiling, baring its sea foam-green hull that was constructed using friction stir welding, a process in which metal is 'mixed' at the joint rather than melted (other space vehicles have used this technique, including SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket). NASA officials, astronauts and politicians attended the official unveiling, including U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, who is fond of referring to the SLS by a different moniker: the "Monster Rocket."

The Monster Rocket won't be ready for Orion's maiden voyage in 2014. Instead, NASA will rely on a Delta IV Heavy to hoist the heavy capsule into space. Orion's mass is about twenty metric tons, and the D4H is capable of lofting twenty-three into low-Earth orbit (this won't be a typical LEO flight, but the numbers give you an idea of why such a large launch vehicle is required). During Exploration Flight Test 1, Orion will fly an elliptical orbit 5800 kilometers above the Earth -- fifteen times higher than the ISS's orbit -- before reentering the atmosphere at speeds similar to those encountered by spacecraft returning from lunar orbit.



Orion adapter being fabricated, Delta to provide upper SLS stage

Also debuting on EFT-1 will be the first piece of SLS hardware to fly: the adapter that will connect Orion to the upper stage of its launch vehicle. The connector -- constructed by engineers at NASA's Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, AL -- has been designed to be compatible with the upper stages of the Delta IV Heavy and the Space Launch System, thus saving on costs.

The Monster Rocket will send Orion on an uncrewed lap around the moon in 2017, and an astronaut crew will take it to lunar orbit in 2021. However, Orion won't be riding an SLS upper stage for either of those flights. Both will likely employ a Delta Cryogenic Second Stage, or DCSS, rather than the SLS's J-2X-powered hardware, meaning Orion will ride the DCSS a total of three times. Bonus fact: the correct term for the DCSS when it's being used with the Space Launch System is "Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage."

J-2X testing continues

Eventually, Orion will ride an upper stage powered by the J-2X, a liquid-fueled engine that builds on the heritage of the J-2, which powered America's Saturn rockets. As NASA engineer William Greene explains on his J-2X blog, although the engine shares a name with the J-2, it has been re-designed almost entirely from scratch, offering significant improvements over the legacy engine. In another post, Greene lays out a spread of details from recent J-2X testing efforts. Test fires are currently taking place on two stands at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

On the A1 stand, J-2X powerpack testing is progressing. The powerpack is the top portion of the engine and excludes the thrust chamber and nozzle system. Testing with a limited set of components allows engineers the flexibility to 'play games' (as Greene describes it) with the engine, varying operations and conditions more than might be possible with the entire assembly, achieving a wider spread of test data. Here are some recent powerpack test results:

    * May 10 / test A1J015: Fired powerpack 340 of 655 planned seconds, meeting most testing objectives.
    * May 24 / test A1J016: Fired powerpack 32 seconds. The test was cut short due to a hydrogen leak in the facility (not related to the powerpack).
    * June 8 / test A1J017: Fired powerpack for full duration, 1150-second test. The test set a duration record for stand A (stand B has a slightly longer record set by Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) tests.

At the A2 stand, the full J-2X development engine is being tested:

    * April 26 / test A2J011: Fired engine 3 of 7 planned seconds. A seal in the apparatus used to simulate low pressure in the engine nozzle was damaged.
    * May 16 / test A2J012: Fired engine 7 seconds (full duration).
    * May 25 / test A2J013: Fired engine 40 seconds (full duration). First switch of the entire engine to secondary (throttled) mode.
    * June 13 / test A2J014: Fired engine 260 seconds (full duration). Test started in secondary (throttled) mode and switched to primary mode.

Core stage moves from concept to design

Finally, the core stage of The Monster Rocket has moved from design requirements to blueprints, as NASA announced it had completed a major technical review last month. The stage will debut with four RS-25D engines pilfered from retired space shuttle orbiters. When those engines run out, they will be replaced with RS-25E engines -- 'E' for 'expendable' -- cheaper, non-reusable versions.

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/jason-davis/20120711-checking-in-on-the-space.html

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Шутку никто не оценил... :cry:

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Orion's parachute system tested in Arizona desert[/size]

Ejected from a C-17 plane 25,000 feet above the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona today, engineers successfully tested the parachutes on a full-sized Orion spacecraft.

It was the second such test using a craft simulating the intended size and shape of the capsule that will ferry humans on deep space exploration missions.

"Today's parachute test in Yuma is an important reminder of the progress being made on Orion and its ultimate mission -- enabling NASA to meet the goal of sending humans to an asteroid and Mars," said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Orion's first adventure into space is planned for 2014 when a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket hurls the vehicle on a two-orbit shakedown cruise before making a high-speed re-entry into Earth's atmosphere for a parachute-slowed splashdown.

In today's test, Orion's drogue chutes were deployed between 20,000 feet and 15,000 feet, followed by the pilot parachutes that extracted the main landing parachutes. The descended at about 17 miles per hours, well below its maximum designed touchdown speed, for touchdown on the desert floor.

"Across the country, NASA and industry are moving forward on the most advanced spacecraft ever designed, conducting drop and splashdown tests, preparing ground systems, designing software and computers and paving the way for the future of exploration," Gerstenmaier said.

The primary goal of today's was determining how the entire parachute system would respond if one of the reefing lines was cut prematurely, causing the three main parachutes to inflate too quickly. The reefing lines, which when cut by a pyrotechnic device, allow the parachute to open gradually, managing the initial amount of drag and force on the parachute.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1207/18orion/

Видео:
http://youtu.be/aYGN1Y2bfIs

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Шутку никто не оценил... :cry:

Злая шутка - на фото КМ Аполлона-1  :twisted:

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With Orion space capsule, NASA plots return to space exploration

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/19/orion-nasa-plans-return-to-space-exploration/#ixzz21GLuwgob


It has been more than 40 years since the famed Apollo missions, when humans stepped into deep space. And at last, NASA intends to get back to its exploration roots.

"This is the first time we've had a vehicle that will truly send us where we've always dreamed of going," NASA's Josh Byerly told Fox News.

The Orion capsule is a part of what NASA had planned as the sprawling and ambitious Constellation project that would offer a replacement for the space shuttle -- and a means to ferry humans into outer space and back to the moon. In under 10 years, it will ride a rocket and take astronauts to places like Mars, NASA hopes.

But it must first endure rigorous testing over the Arizona desert.

"We kind of put it through a different type of environment or even failure mode that we want to protect for," said NASA Project Manager Chris Johnson.

Parachutes are the current focus. At 26,000 feet, the capsule is dropped out of a C-17 cargo jet to see how the chutes will help glide the spacecraft safely back to Earth. The tests are happening at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, a major U.S. military testing installation.

Orion weighs about 20,000 pounds compared to the 250,000 pounds for the shuttle. But don't let the size fool you. There's actually more room in there per person than there was for the shuttle crew.

"The space shuttle looked very large, but the majority of that volume was really for payloads, such as building the International Space Station," said Johnson.

Orion's first official launch will be in 2014, an unmanned mission, to test its ability to survive reentering the Earth's atmosphere at more than 20,000 miles per hour. It'll be sent 15 times deeper into space than the International Space Station. The first time it's scheduled to carry astronauts is 2021.

The cost of the program is a little less than $1 billion a year.



Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/19/orion-nasa-plans-return-to-space-exploration/#ixzz21GMBem4b

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Шутку никто не оценил... :cry:

Злая шутка - на фото КМ Аполлона-1  :twisted:

ОК, Оценили... :wink:

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The Role of Cis-Lunar Space in Future Global Space Exploration.[/size]
FUTURE IN-SPACE OPERATIONS / FISO
July 18, 2012


http://spirit.as.utexas.edu/~fiso/telecon/Bobskill-Lupisella_7-18-12/Bobskill_Lupisella_7-18-12.pdf

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Шутку никто не оценил... :cry:

Нужно было сказать где смеяться.

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НАСА: парашютная система Orion заработала

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Mockup Orion Stack Shows Path to Launch
07.08.2012

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Orion Spacecraft Water Impact Testing

Water impact test of an 18,000-pound (8,165 kilogram) test version of the Orion spacecraft at NASA's Langley Research Center on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012.

Swing drop testing began last summer at Langley's Hydro Impact Basin to certify the Orion spacecraft for water landings. In this series of tests, Orion is being dropped vertically into the pool for the first time, which will help fine-tune the way NASA predicts Orion's landing loads.

The Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS), NASA's next crew capsule and heavy-lift rocket, will provide an entirely new capability for human exploration. Designed to be flexible for launching spacecraft for crew and cargo missions, SLS and Orion will expand human presence beyond low Earth orbit and enable new missions of exploration across the solar system.

Image Credit: NASA

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2341.html

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http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/news.shtml

29.08.2012 / 12:15   НАСА продолжает работу по проекту нового космического корабля "Орион"


       США не намерены отказываться от разработки нового пилотируемого космического корабля "Орион", НАСА планирует осуществить его первый тестовый полет в 2014 году, заявил на Международном аэрокосмическом конгрессе директор программы пилотируемых космических полетов НАСА в России Майкл Сербер.
       Несмотря на то, что ряд американских СМИ сообщали о том, что часть испытаний по "Ориону" свернута, эта программа продолжается. "В 2014 году мы намерены осуществить первый тестовый полет, в 2017 - непилотируемый, в 2021 году - первый пилотируемый полет", - сказал Сербер.
       По словам представителя НАСА, корабль "Орион" будет оснащен новой системой аварийного спасения космонавтов.
       "Система позволит спасти экипаж, если происходит нештатная ситуация с ракетой-носителем", - заявил Сербер.
       По его словам, под запуск "Ориона" НАСА разрабатывает две тяжелых ракеты-носителя.
       "Есть два варианта ракеты-носителя тяжелого класса: грузоподъемностью 70 и 130 тонн. Совместно с кораблем и разгонным блоком эта система способна выводить корабль типа "Орион" для полетов, как в рамках солнечной системы, так и вне нее[/size]", - сказал Сербер.
       По его словам, капсула "Орион" похожа на космический корабль "Аполлон". "Но, конечно, она значительно больше. Будет оснащена самым современным технологическим оборудованием, и в ней смогут летать четыре человека", - заключил Сербер.
       Новый пилотируемый корабль НАСА "Орион", напоминающий по своей конструкции "Аполлоны", разрабатывается для полетов за пределы околоземной орбиты, в частности, для экспедиции к астероиду, которая планируется на 2025 год, передает РИА Новости.

     - К.И.

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Выделенное красным - это как и куда?

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Товарищу Болдену, пароходу и человеку. Тьфу   , Crew Module КК "Орион" и глава НАСА Чарльз Болден.

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Товарищу Болдену, пароходу и человеку. Тьфу   , Crew Module КК "Орион" и глава НАСА Чарльз Болден.

После шаттлов все же убого смотрится...

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http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/news.shtml

29.08.2012 / 12:15   НАСА продолжает работу по проекту нового космического корабля "Орион"


       США не намерены отказываться от разработки нового пилотируемого космического корабля "Орион", НАСА планирует осуществить его первый тестовый полет в 2014 году, заявил на Международном аэрокосмическом конгрессе директор программы пилотируемых космических полетов НАСА в России Майкл Сербер.
       Несмотря на то, что ряд американских СМИ сообщали о том, что часть испытаний по "Ориону" свернута, эта программа продолжается. "В 2014 году мы намерены осуществить первый тестовый полет, в 2017 - непилотируемый, в 2021 году - первый пилотируемый полет", - сказал Сербер.
       По словам представителя НАСА, корабль "Орион" будет оснащен новой системой аварийного спасения космонавтов.
       "Система позволит спасти экипаж, если происходит нештатная ситуация с ракетой-носителем", - заявил Сербер.
       По его словам, под запуск "Ориона" НАСА разрабатывает две тяжелых ракеты-носителя.
       "Есть два варианта ракеты-носителя тяжелого класса: грузоподъемностью 70 и 130 тонн. Совместно с кораблем и разгонным блоком эта система способна выводить корабль типа "Орион" для полетов, как в рамках солнечной системы, так и вне нее[/size]", - сказал Сербер.
       По его словам, капсула "Орион" похожа на космический корабль "Аполлон". "Но, конечно, она значительно больше. Будет оснащена самым современным технологическим оборудованием, и в ней смогут летать четыре человека", - заключил Сербер.
       Новый пилотируемый корабль НАСА "Орион", напоминающий по своей конструкции "Аполлоны", разрабатывается для полетов за пределы околоземной орбиты, в частности, для экспедиции к астероиду, которая планируется на 2025 год, передает РИА Новости.

     - К.И.

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Выделенное красным - это как и куда?

Ого! Они там звездолёт втихаря делаяют?

Видимо, речь всё же шла как о полётах к Луне и далее, так и на околоземную орбиту.

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Товарищу Болдену, пароходу и человеку. Тьфу   , Crew Module КК "Орион" и глава НАСА Чарльз Болден.

После шаттлов все же убого смотрится...

Не важно, на чём летать. Главное - куда. Шаттл помощнее смотрится, но до Луны не долетит.