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https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2019/04/17/nasas-commercial-crew-dod-teams-conduct-crew-rescue-exercise/
ЦитироватьNASA's Commercial Crew, DoD Teams Conduct Crew Rescue Exercise

Linda Herridge
Posted Apr 17, 2019 at 2:20 pm


Rescue team members stand on the stabilization collar attached to the Boeing CST-100 Starliner training capsule, known as Boiler Plate 3, during a search and rescue training exercise April 16, 2019. The exercise will be conducted over the next several days at the Army Wharf at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

NASA and the Department of Defense Human Space Flight Support (HSFS) Office Rescue Division are conducting a search and rescue training exercise over the next several days at the Army Warf on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and in the Atlantic Ocean. This is the first at-sea exercise with the Boeing CST-100 Starliner training capsule, known as Boiler Plate 3, ahead of the commercial crew flight test with astronauts targeted for later this year.

The HSFS teams have supported all NASA human spaceflight programs and will be on standby for both NASA's Commercial Crew Program and Orion launches and landings. The team is responsible for quickly and safely rescuing astronauts in the unlikely event of an emergency during ascent, free flight or landing. This multi-day exercise consists of ground- and water- based training to prepare the DoD pararescue team for an emergency situation on ascent. The HSFS teams will rehearse locating the Starliner spacecraft, sending out rescue teams to extract DoD team members, acting as astronauts, from the capsule and providing immediate medical treatment. The HSFS team will arrange for pickup, transport and follow-on medical care.

At the conclusion of this exercise, HSFS will complete a full mission profile to validate best practices for configuring and air-dropping U.S. Air Force Pararescue team members from a C-17 aircraft with their associated watercraft, specialized rescue equipment and advanced medical capabilities. HSFS conducted a similar exercise with SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft in early December 2018.

This simulation is another example of how safety is being built into systems, processes and procedures for commercial crew missions. It is standard practice to conduct these exercises, and was regularly done during the Space Shuttle Program.

During normal return scenarios, Boeing's Starliner will land on land in a safe zone of about 15 square miles in the Western United States. Throughout the commercial crew development phases with NASA, Boeing has performed dozens of qualification tests on its parachute and airbag systems simulating conditions on land and in the water.

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https://ria.ru/20190420/1552873818.html
ЦитироватьИсточник назвал дату запуска американского Starliner с экипажем к МКС
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МОСКВА, 20 апр - РИА Новости. Запуск на Международную космическую станцию американского космического корабля Starliner с первым экипажем планируется в начале ноября, сообщил РИА Новости источник в ракетно-космической отрасли.

В 2011 году была выведена из эксплуатации американская многоразовая пилотируемая транспортная система Space Shuttle. После этого экипажи на МКС доставляют только российские корабли "Союз". В США был разработаны новые пилотируемые корабли: Dragon-2 (Crew Dragon) - компанией SpaceX и Starliner - компанией Boeing.

По словам собеседника агентства, Starliner, запуск которого планируется на первое ноября, прибудет на МКС через сутки после запуска и останется на ней до весны 2020 года.

На корабле полетит экипаж в составе астронавтов НАСА Майкла Финка и Николь Аунапу Манн, а также астронавта Boeing Кристофера Фергюсона.
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Пилотируемый космический корабль Starliner был разработан компанией Boeing по заказу НАСА. Его первый старт к МКС в беспилотном режиме планируется на 17 августа. Ранее НАСА сообщало, что первый запуск Starliner в пилотируемом режиме намечается в конце 2019 года и что длительность его полета на МКС будет увеличена.

В марте состоялся испытательный полет на МКС корабля Dragon-2 в беспилотном режиме. В июле планируется испытательный полет корабля Dragon-2 в пилотируемом режиме, но не исключен его перенос на более поздний срок.

После этого корабли Dragon-2 и Starliner будут сертифицированы НАСА для штатных полетов на станцию с экипажами. Генеральный директор "Роскосмоса" Дмитрий Рогозин заявил, что испытания новых американских пилотируемых кораблей будут идти небыстро, и корабли должны получить необходимую квалификацию для полета экипажей до весны 2020 года.
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#863
Уже мокнули   ;)  
ЦитироватьChris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 12 мин. назад

Capsule in the water.
#Starliner #CommercialCrew #NASA @NASASpaceflight




Antonia Jaramillo‏ @AntoniaJ_11 16 мин. назад

Let the training commence.


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#864
ЦитироватьAntonia Jaramillo‏ @AntoniaJ_11 1 мин. назад

And now the Defense Human Space Flight Support (HSFS) Office Rescue Division is in the water. A main focus for today will be turning the capsule upside down and putting it back in an upright position.


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#865
ЦитироватьAntonia Jaramillo‏ @AntoniaJ_11 09:13 PDT - 23 апр. 2019 г.

The equipment being used for today's training exercise: front porch and stabilization collar. They're main goal is to stabilize the capsule and provide medical attention for the astronauts.




09:20 PDT - 23 апр. 2019 г.

They've opened the hatch! Next step: practice taking the "astronauts" out.


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ЦитироватьChris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 53 мин. назад

ARTICLE:
DoD practices Starliner at sea recovery for first time -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/04/dod-starliner-sea-recovery-first-time/ ...

By Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF) along with his photos.

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#867
ЦитироватьBoeing Space‏Подлинная учетная запись @BoeingSpace 1 ч. назад

Check out this behind-the-scenes footage of #Starliner's latest parachute test. It's part of our path to qualify the entire landing system to fly @NASA_Astronauts.

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ЦитироватьJeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 09:36 PDT - 10 мая 2019 г.

Boeing tells me this test took place Feb. 28 that they "have successfully completed and met all test objectives for all parachute qualification and reliability tests" to date.
Цитироватьhttps://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1126859948477034502

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#868
https://tass.ru/kosmos/6434004
Цитировать15 МАЯ, 18:57
Пилотируемый полет Starliner могут перенести на 2020 год

МОСКВА, 15 мая. /ТАСС/. Первый испытательный пилотируемый полет американского корабля Starliner (CST-100) производства компании Boeing может быть перенесен с 2019 года на 2020 год, считают в российской Ракетно-космической корпорации (РКК) "Энергия".

"Испытательный беспилотный полет корабля Starliner (CST-100) компании Boeing (со стыковкой с Международной космической станцией) перенесен с апреля на август 2019 года. Испытательный полет в пилотируемом режиме также запланирован на 2019 год, хотя высока вероятность переноса на 2020 год", - говорится в материалах корпорации.
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После ввода в эксплуатацию американских коммерческих пилотируемых кораблей, а также российского перспективного транспортного корабля предложение на рынке пилотируемых полетов будет расширено, что может вызвать оживление спроса на полеты на низкую околоземную орбиту и усиление конкуренции, отмечают в РКК "Энергия".

Корабль Starliner разрабатывает фирма Boeing. Его первый полет в беспилотном режиме предварительно запланирован на август. Как ранее сообщало NASA, с компанией Boeing была достигнута договоренность о том, что первый испытательный полет с экипажем к Международной космической станции будет осуществлен после "углубленной технической оценки всех систем" корабля и будет более продолжительным, чем планировалось первоначально. Продолжительность полета будет определена позднее.
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ЦитироватьМОСКВА, 15 мая. /ТАСС/ . .....считают в российской Ракетно-космической корпорации (РКК) "Энергия".
.....говорится в материалах корпорации....
Интересно что за документ от РКК?

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/05/20/ula-begins-stacking-atlas-5-rocket-for-late-june-launch/
ЦитироватьMay 20, 2019Stephen Clark

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Once the Atlas 5 rocket carrying the AEHF 5 satellite blasts off from Cape Canaveral, the launch campaign for the following Atlas 5 mission will begin in July with the stacking of a new rocket assigned to send Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew capsule into orbit on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station.

The Starliner's test flight is scheduled for liftoff no earlier than Aug. 17, and the demonstration mission will pave the way for crewed launches using the Atlas 5 rocket and Starliner capsule, perhaps as soon as late this year.

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ЦитироватьULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 2 ч. назад

Exciting day in Decatur! The #AtlasV that will launch @Commercial_Crew astronauts to the @Space_Station on #Starliner is leaving the factory today on the way to Cape Canaveral, Fla.! We are honored to support this historic mission. @BoeingSpace

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53 мин. назад

The #AtlasV Dual Engine Centaur is beginning the load in process into the Mariner, a 312-foot long ship that will navigate waters heading to Cape Canaveral en route for the @BoeingSpace #Starliner Crew Flight Test. @Astro_Ferg @AstroDuke @AstroIronMike




37 мин. назад

The #AtlasV @Commercial_Crew first stage booster for the #Starliner is loading into the Mariner for the journey to Cape Canaveral, Florida. @BoeingSpace



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https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2019/05/23/atlas-v-for-crew-mission-rolls-out-of-factory/
ЦитироватьAtlas V for Crew Mission Rolls Out of Factory

James Cawley
Posted May 23, 2019 at 4:41 pm


From the manufacturing facility in Decatur, Alabama, the Atlas V booster stage and Dual Engine Centaur upper stage were rolled into a giant cargo ship for transport to Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Photo credit: NASA/Emmett Given


Today, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket that will launch Boeing's CST-100 Starliner on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program emerged from the factory, rolling into a giant cargo ship for transport to Cape Canaveral.


Once at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will begin integrated operations and processing for the Crew Flight Test mission.
Photo credit: NASA/Emmett Given


The rocket, known as AV-082, will launch Starliner and its crew of NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann, and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson to the station following the spacecraft's maiden voyage of Starliner, the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT) targeted for August.

From the manufacturing facility in Decatur, Alabama, the Atlas V booster stage and Dual Engine Centaur upper stage were moved down the road for loading into the Mariner vessel docked nearby. The 312-foot-long ship is purpose-built to navigate both shallow waters of rivers and ocean travel to reach ULA's launch sites. It has been making the trek from Decatur to Cape Canaveral since 2001.

Once at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Atlas V will begin integrated operations and processing for the CFT launch.
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NASA sel ected Boeing and SpaceX to transport crew to the International Space Station from the United States, returning the nation's human spaceflight launch capability. These integrated spacecraft, rockets and associated systems will carry up to four astronauts on NASA missions.

Regular commercial transportation using Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to and fr om the space station will enable the addition of another crew member, expanded station use, and additional research time aboard the orbiting laboratory. This time will help address the challenges of moving humanity toward the Moon and Mars as we learn how to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit, to the Moon and Mars.
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http://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-starliner-updates
ЦитироватьATLAS V DEPARTS FACTORY FOR HISTORIC MISSION

May 23, 2019 -- The first Atlas V rocket to launch astronauts into space emerged from the United Launch Alliance factory today, rolling into a giant cargo ship for transport to Cape Canaveral.


The Atlas V booster and Centaur stages leave the Decatur factory today for CFT launch. Photo: United Launch Alliance

ULA built the Atlas V at the sprawling 1.6-million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Decatur, Alabama, taking raw materials and turning them into a rocket to launch the first crew of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

After speeches celebrating the milestone by Alabama elected officials and ULA and Boeing dignitaries in attendance, ULA workers moved the Atlas V booster stage and Centaur upper stage down the road for loading into the Mariner vessel docked nearby.

The 312-foot-long ship is purpose-built to navigate both shallow waters of rivers and ocean travel to reach ULA's launch sites. It has been making the trek from Decatur to Cape Canaveral since 2001.


The Atlas first stage for CFT travels down the road the Decatur dock. Photo credit: ULA

This rocket, known as AV-082, will launch Starliner on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) to the International Space Station part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. CFT will follow the maiden voyage of Starliner, the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT) targeted for August.

Aboard will be Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson, a three-time space shuttle astronaut and commander of space shuttle Atlantis on the final shuttle mission; NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, a veteran of three spaceflights, including two long-duration stays on the International Space Station, and NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, a spaceflight rookie making her first trip into space.

Once at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Atlas V will begin integrated operations and processing for the CFT launch.


Boeing's Rick Navarro and ULA's Gary Wentz addressed dignitaries and the news media in front of the CFT booster in the factory before rollout. Photo credit: ULA

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ЦитироватьBoeing Space‏Подлинная учетная запись @BoeingSpace 10 мин. назад

#Starliner's integrated propulsion system hot fire test was a success. This paves the way for both the capsule's pad abort test and upcoming flights to @Space_Station later this year.


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ЦитироватьMichael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight 4 мин. назад

Things are going well for @BoeingSpace's Starliner at the moment:

- Atlas V + Dual Engine Centaur for OFT at the Cape
- Atlas V + Dual Engine Centaur for CFT shipping to the Cape
- Parachute tests good
- Propulsion tests good

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2019/05/24/boeing-completes-starliner-hot-fire-test/
ЦитироватьBoeing Completes Starliner Hot Fire Test

James Cawley
Posted May 24, 2019 at 2:01 pm


Boeing teams ran multiple tests on Starliner's in-space maneuvering system and the spacecraft's launch abort system on Thursday at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. Photo credit: Boeing

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner propulsion system was put to the test on Thursday at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico in support of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Teams ran multiple tests on Starliner's in-space maneuvering system and the spacecraft's launch abort system, which are key elements on the path to restore America's capability to fly astronauts to the International Space Station on American rockets and spacecraft from U.S. soil.

The test used a flight-like Starliner service module with a full propulsion system comprising of fuel and helium tanks, reaction control system and orbital maneuvering and attitude control thrusters, launch abort engines and all necessary fuel lines and avionics.

During the test:
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  • 19 thrusters fired to simulate in-space maneuvers.
  • 12 thrusters fired to simulate a high-altitude abort.
  • 22 propulsion elements, including the launch abort engines, fired to simulate a low-altitude abort.
Boeing's Starliner will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company will complete a Starliner pad abort test and uncrewed flight test, called Orbital Flight Test, to the station ahead of the first flight test with a crew onboard. As commercial crew providers, Boeing and SpaceX, begin to make regular flights to the space station, NASA will continue to advance its mission to go beyond low-Earth orbit and establish a human presence on the Moon with the ultimate goal of sending astronauts to Mars.

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/05/25/boeings-starliner-crew-capsule-completes-major-propulsion-test/
ЦитироватьBoeing's Starliner crew capsule completes major propulsion test
May 25, 2019Stephen Clark


Boeing teams ran multiple tests on Starliner's in-space maneuvering system and the spacecraft's launch abort system on Thursday at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. Credit: Boeing

Boeing engineers have completed hotfire testing on a flight-like model of the Starliner crew capsule, clearing a major hurdle before a pad abort test and a demonstration flight to the International Space Station later this summer, Boeing announced Friday.

The service module hotfire testing at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico wraps up a key phase of Starliner's development. During an earlier round of service module checkouts last June, valves in the craft's abort engines failed to fully close after a brief burn, resulting in a propellant leak on the test stand at White Sands.

Boeing halted propulsion testing after the accident, and engineers implemented hardware and software fixes to resolve the valve problem, according to remarks last fall by Chris Ferguson, a Boeing test pilot and former NASA astronaut who will fly on the ship's first piloted demonstration mission to the space station.

After making the changes, Boeing restarted the service module hotfire testing.

"With the safety of our astronauts at the forefront of all we do, this successful testing proves this system will work correctly and keep Starliner and the crew safe through all phases of flight," said John Mulholland, vice president and program manager of Boeing's commercial crew program, in a statement. "The milestone paves the way for the upcoming pad abort test and flights to and fr om the International Space Station later this year."

Boeing said in a statement that teams ran multiple tests on the service module, which will fly into space attached to the rear of the componay's CST-100 Starliner crew compartment. The service module contains the spacecraft's thrusters for a launch abort and in-space maneuvers.

At the end of each mission, the Starliner will jettison the service module to burn up during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. The crew module will descend under parachutes for an airbag-cushioned landing at one of several candidate sites in the Western United States.

The service module test rig used in the recent hotfire testing included fuel and helium tanks, reaction control system, orbital maneuvering and attitude control thrusters, launch abort engines, and all necessary fuel lines and avionics, according to Boeing.

During the testing at White Sands, Boeing says the Starliner's service most test article fired 19 thrusters to simulate in-space maneuvers, 12 thrusters to simulate a high-altitude abort from its launch vehicle, and 22 propulsion elements — including four high-power abort engines — to simulate a launch escape maneuver at low altitude.

Each Starliner service module carries four launch abort engines, built by Aerojet Rocketdyne. The engines would only fire in flight in the event of a launch emergency, igniting with 40,000 pounds of thrust each for a few seconds to propel the capsule away from its rocket.

The four launch abort engines are joined by 48 smaller thrusters on the CST-100 service module, including a set of 1,500-pound-thrust orbital maneuvering and attitude control engines used for pointing during a launch abort and for large orbital maneuvers, and pods of 100-pound reaction control thrusters, all manufactured by Aerojet Rocketdyne.
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Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Boeing

In April, when Boeing announced its most recent schedule for the Starliner's test flights, the company planned a pad abort test at White Sands this summer. The pad abort will prove the capsule's ability to quickly fire off the top of its launcher in the event of an emergency on the launch pad.

As of last month, Boeing planned to conduct the pad abort test before the Starliner's first space mission which is scheduled for August, according to Rebecca Regan, a Boeing spokesperson.

The Starliner's first space mission is called the Orbital Flight Test. The test flight will include a docking with the space station, followed by a landing in the Western United States.

The Orbital Flight Test's liftoff from Cape Canaveral on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled for Aug. 17. Assuming that launch date, liftoff would occur at approximately 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT), a time determined by the space station's orbit.

If that mission goes well, Boeing could be ready to fly the Starliner's Crew Flight Test to the space station as soon as November with Boeing test pilot Chris Ferguson and NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann on-board.

Ferguson, Fincke and Mann will spend several months on the orbiting outpost as part of an expanded space station crew.

On Thursday, ULA shipped the completed Atlas 5 first stage and dual-engine Centaur upper stage assigned to the Starliner's first crewed mission. The rocket stages are riding ULA's Mariner transport ship from ULA's factory in Decatur, Alabama, via river and sea to Port Canaveral, wh ere the hardware is due to arrive in early June.


The bronze first stage of ULA's Atlas 5 rocket departs the company's factory in Decatur, Alabama, on Thursday heading for a nearby dock for loading onto a transport ship. Credit: United Launch Alliance

The Atlas 5 rocket for the Orbital Flight Test arrived at Cape Canaveral last October.

Once the test flights are complete, the Starliner should be ready to begin regular crew rotation flights to the station under contract to NASA, with four astronauts on each mission.

NASA has awarded Boeing a series of contracts and agreements since 2010 — worth a combined $4.8 billion — to fund development of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

The space agency has awarded a set of similar contracts to SpaceX worth more than $3.1 billion for that company's Crew Dragon capsule, which completed its first unpiloted demonstration flight to the space station in March.

SpaceX planned to conduct its first piloted space mission, with two NASA astronauts aboard another Crew Dragon capsule, as soon as late September. But that was before the Crew Dragon that returned from the station in March exploded on the ground during an abort engine hotfire test at Cape Canaveral on April 20.

SpaceX and NASA have not announced any results from the investigation into the April 20 Crew Dragon accident.
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ЦитироватьBoeing Space‏Подлинная учетная запись @BoeingSpace 28 мая

Check out our brand new #Starliner propulsion test footage. This successful test paves the way for our first uncrewed flight this summer and is an important next step for @Commercial_Crew astronauts to fly later this year.

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ЦитироватьChris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 11:23 PDT - 31 мая 2019 г.

ARTICLE:

NASA notes Starliner's excellent progress toward Orbital Flight Test launch -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/05/nasa-starliners-excellent-progress-oft-launch/ ...

- By Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF)

(Includes renders by Nathan Koga for NSF)