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tnt22

ЦитироватьMark Kirasich‏ @MarkKirasich 1 ч. назад

.@NASA_Orion team at @NASAKennedy completed the installation of the OMS engine nozzle on the @ESA service module. The service module will propel, power and cool Orion during flight to the Moon.


tnt22

ЦитироватьChris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 3 мин. назад

FEATURE ARTICLE:
NASA Launch Services Program outlines the alternative launcher review into EM-1 -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/04/nasa-lsp-studies-alternate-orion-options/ ...

- An epic 6,000 word (over three pages) exclusive interview/feature by Philip Sloss.

How SLS won the battle, but not the war.

(Render by @TheFavoritist)


tnt22

ЦитироватьOrion Spacecraft‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Orion 7 мин. назад

.@NASA is now targeting July 2 for Orion's Ascent Abort-2 test flight from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This date provides additional time for work on the launch abort system and takes into account Eastern Range availability.

tnt22

http://blogs.esa.int/orion/2019/04/24/assembly-work-for-the-spring/
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ASSEMBLY WORK FOR THE SPRING
24 April 2019

Spring has sprung in the northern hemisphere, and while springtime brings on the cleaning season at home, it is assembly time for Orion.

Testing and installation work for NASA's Orion spacecraft continues without pause at the operations and checkout building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.

The cone of the spacecraft adapter was installed on 15 April. This adapter is an essential element to connect the European Service Module and Orion to the world's largest rocket, NASA's Space Launch Systems. The cone houses the separation system. After the final upper stage burn, the mechanism is fired and it releases Orion to continue on its path to the Moon.

On the same day, the nozzle of the main OMS-E engine was installed, and its movement will be closely monitored during the gimbal test this week. The bell-shaped nozzle allows extremely hot gas to escape during ignition, causing the gases resulting fr om combustion to expand and exit the nozzle at speeds of thousands of kilometres per hour. All that fast-moving steam creates the thrust that propels the rocket from Earth.


Orion teams at at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after installating the engine nozzle on the European Service Module. Credits: NASA

The Solar Array Wings are being equipped with four cameras – one per solar array – to record the lunar trip once the spacecraft deploys the seven metre arrays en route to the Moon.

The next step is to turn up the volume. Technicians will simulate the sound levels that occur at launch during the direct-field acoustic testing (D-FAT) sessions for the solar arrays and the European Service Module. Between 23 April to 10 May, these elements will be subjected to the extreme noises of a simulated rocket launch surrounded by large speakers. Every rocket that lifts a spacecraft into orbit produces vibrations and loud noise that will shake the spacecraft.

Work between ESA, Airbus and Lockheed Martin is running according to schedule towards the next milestone – the mating of Orion's service and crew modules. The European Service Module that will propel the spacecraft will move on 29 May to a different workstation at the Kennedy Space Center's Operations and Checkout building.

NASA's Orion spacecraft is expected to be fully assembled by June. Time for launch draws near. Check out our infographics and guess wh ere we are on the journey to the Moon.


Orion: The journey. Credits: ESA–K. Oldenburg

tnt22

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/orion-transport-fixture-fit-checked-in-nasa-s-super-guppy-aircraft
ЦитироватьApril 25, 2019

Orion Transport Fixture Fit-Checked in NASA's Super Guppy Aircraft


A fit check of the Orion Crew and Service Module Horizontal Transporter (CHT) with NASA's Super Guppy aircraft is underway March 13, 2019, at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida, operated by Space Florida. In this photo, the CHT, secured on the U.S. Air Force aircraft loader, is moved inside the aircraft's payload bay. The fit check is being performed to confirm loading operations, ensure that the CHT fits inside the Super Guppy and test the electrical interface to aircraft power. The Orion crew and service modules will be readied for a trip to NASA's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, for full thermal vacuum testing.
Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett

By Linda Herridge
NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center


NASA's Orion crew and service modules are being prepared for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) inside the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But before they hitch a ride to deep space, they are being prepared for a different kind of flight.   
Soon, the joined modules will be readied for a trip aboard NASA's Super Guppy aircraft fr om Kennedy to the agency's Glenn Research Center Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, for thermal vacuum and electromagnetic interference and compatibility testing. In this unique facility, which houses the world's largest space simulation chamber, Orion will be put through extensive testing to ensure it can survive and operate in the harsh environment of deep space.

To prepare the spacecraft for the trip to Plum Brook Station, NASA and Orion prime contractor Lockheed Martin, with support from the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command, conducted a fit check of the horizontal transporter fixture that will house them at the center's Shuttle Landing Facility, operated by Space Florida. The horizontal transporter fixture will encase the spacecraft inside the Super Guppy to keep it still and sturdy for its flight to Plum Brook.

"Orion and the service module will be the heaviest payload ever transported in the Super Guppy," said John Bakalyar, the Super Guppy program manager in aircraft operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "We actually had to make some modifications to the aircraft to accommodate it, but this is exactly the kind of thing we like to use the Guppy for – it allows us to play a small role in getting Orion to space."

Bakalyar said preparations for transportation in the Super Guppy actually began in late 2014. The horizontal transporter fixture was built specifically for carrying Orion aboard the Super Guppy. Modifications to the Super Guppy were completed to ensure that the flight frame would fit securely inside the aircraft.

During the fit check, the horizontal transporter fixture was secured on the Air Force's aircraft loader and moved from the O&C to the landing facility. The aircraft loader was used to ins ert the transporter fixture in to the Super Guppy's cargo bay. A check of the electrical interface between the environmental control unit and aircraft power was completed, and operation of the Orion crew and service module horizontal transporter environmental control unit was checked and verified.
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During a fit check of the Orion Crew and Service Module Horizontal Transporter (CHT) with NASA's Super Guppy aircraft on March 13, 2019, the CHT, secured on the U.S. Air Force aircraft loader, is moved inside the aircraft's payload bay, at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, operated by Space Florida.
Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Based on results from the fit check, some minor adjustments to the horizontal transporter fixture will be made to improve the interface with the Super Guppy. Finding these minor issues early will help keep everything on schedule.


A fit check of the Orion Crew and Service Module Horizontal Transporter (CHT) with NASA's Super Guppy aircraft began March 12, 2019, at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida, operated by Space Florida.
Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett

"The successful fit check coupled with the incredible teamwork demonstrated by NASA, Lockheed Martin and the United States Air Force ensures confidence in safely transporting the EM-1 spacecraft from Florida all the way to Plum Brook Station in Ohio on schedule," said Mike See, deputy manager of Orion production operations at Kennedy.

The agency has used Super Guppy aircraft since the early 1960s. The current Guppy was built in the early 1980s for Airbus and was acquired by NASA in 1997.

The Super Guppy has been used to transport many components for the space program, including modules for the International Space Station, Orion structural test vehicles and heat shields, stage adapters for the agency's Space Launch System, specialized tooling and many more.

"NASA's Super Guppy is the last Guppy aircraft flying, and continues to perform valuable missions for NASA programs every year," Bakalyar said. "The Super Guppy's cargo bay allows it to safely transport large, delicate items across the country."

Orion will launch on the Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy's Launch Complex 39B on EM-1. The spacecraft will travel thousands of miles past the Moon on an approximately three-week test flight. Orion will return to Earth and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, wh ere it will be retrieved and returned to Kennedy.
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Last Updated: April 25, 2019
Editor: Linda Herridge

lll

ну, даст бог, довезут, авиаторы
а раньше вообще мы его на трейлере возили, правда ночью, патамушта он две полосы занимал  :) )

tnt22

ЦитироватьAirbus Space‏Подлинная учетная запись @AirbusSpace 4 ч. назад

Orion takes shape! The teams make progress at Kennedy Space Center, Florida with the integration of @NASA_Orion spacecraft.
@esa's European Service Module (ESM) now connected to crew module adaptor on top and spacecraft adaptor below the ESM.


Чебурашка

Какая красота 



Синенькое - это наклеянная плёнка как на "Аполлоне". Он весь так обклеен будет?

Astro Cat

ЦитироватьЧебурашка пишет:
Какая красота
Какой ужос! Сколько же стоит Орион? Нагромождение уникальных плиток теплозащиты.

Чебурашка

А дешевле тащить "чугуниеву" теплозащиту к Луне и обратно? Где каждый лишний килограмм превращается в лишний центнер стартовой массы?

Not

ЦитироватьAstro Cat пишет:
ЦитироватьЧебурашка пишет:
Какая красота
Какой ужос! Сколько же стоит Орион? Нагромождение уникальных плиток теплозащиты.
Ужос прилетел намедни с орбиты, весь ободранный как липка, а потом еще и разлетелся на мелкие кусочки. Был дешев и сердит! Вот то действительно был ужос. А здесь - то, как нужно строить капсулы. Маскодрочерам на заметку.

Чебурашка

Теперь я понимаю почему орион уже 15 лет делают и никак не доделают.

Зацените, двери в обтекателе "Союза" и "Ориона". На nasaspacefligt ржут




Дмитрий Инфан

ЦитироватьЧебурашка пишет:
Какая красота
И эту-то красоту ещё в воду макать будут...

pkl

Дааа, что-то они перемудрили. :oops:
Вообще, исследовать солнечную систему автоматами - это примерно то же самое, что посылать робота вместо себя в фитнес, качаться.Зомби. Просто Зомби (с)
Многоразовость - это бяка (с) Дмитрий Инфан

tnt22

ЦитироватьChris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 11 мин. назад

FEATURE ARTICLE:
NASA Plum Brook Station gets ready for EM-1 Orion testing -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/05/nasa-plum-brook-em-1-orion-testing/ ...

- By Philip Sloss (4,000 words over two pages).





tnt22

ЦитироватьMark Kirasich‏ @MarkKirasich 2 ч. назад

.@NASA_Orion's Launch Abort system started the 10 mile trip from @NASAKennedy to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral @45thSpaceWing. We're on track for a July 2nd test of this critical safety system.


tnt22

https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2019/05/23/orion-flight-test-article-attached-to-launch-abort-system-for-ascent-abort-2/
ЦитироватьOrion Flight Test Article Attached to Launch Abort System for Ascent Abort-2

Linda Herridge
Posted May 23, 2019 at 2:25 pm


Inside the Launch Abort System Facility (LASF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a test version of the Orion crew module has been integrated with the Launch Abort System (LAS) on May 18, 2019. It is being lifted by crane for transfer to a KAMAG transporter. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson

The 46,000-pound flight test article that will be used for a test of Orion's Launch Abort System (LAS) was lifted and mated to its transportation pallet inside the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 18, 2019. The flight test article includes the Orion test article, a separation ring created for this test, and the LAS. This operation marks the completion of the flight test article integration and checkout operations necessary for NASA's Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test scheduled for July. Next, the system will roll to Pad 46 where the team will be stacking all the AA-2 elements together at the launch pad over the next several weeks.


Inside the Launch Abort System Facility (LASF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers are completing the integration of a test version of the Orion crew module with the Launch Abort System (LAS) on May 18, 2019. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson

AA-2 will demonstrate the abort system can activate, steer the spacecraft, and carry astronauts to a safe distance if an emergency arises during Orion's climb to orbit as the spacecraft faces the greatest aerodynamic pressure during ascent. AA-2 is an important test to verify Orion's design to safely carry astronauts on deep space missions as NASA works to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024.

During the three-minute test, the LAS with the Orion test article will launch atop a booster from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, to an altitude of about six miles and traveling at more than 1,000 mph. The abort motor will quickly whisk the crew module away from the booster, and the attitude control motor will maneuver the assembly into position to jettison the crew module. Test data from 890 sensors will be sent in real-time to ground sites as well as recorded on board by 12 data recorders. The 12 data recorders will eject from the crew module before Orion reaches the water and will be retrieved after the test.

With no astronauts on board, the test concludes after the data recorders are ejected and does not include parachutes or recovery of the test capsule. AA-2 is focused on testing Orion's ability to abort during ascent, and NASA has already fully qualified the parachute system for flights with crew through an extensive series of 17 developmental tests and 8 qualification tests completed at the end of 2018.

The LAS was designed and built by NASA and Lockheed Martin with motors provided by Northrop Grumman and Aerojet Rocketdyne. NASA's Orion and Exploration Ground Systems programs, contractors Jacob's, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, in conjunction with the Air Force Space and Missile Center's Launch Operations branch and the 45th Space Wing will perform flight operations for AA-2.

triage

#3097
На русском
Цитировать https://tass.ru/kosmos/6465621

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 23 мая. /ТАСС/. Национальное управление по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA) запланировало на 2 июля испытания системы спасения нового космического корабля Orion. Об этом сообщило в четверг информационное агентство Associated Press.

В ходе испытания продолжительностью три минуты ракета-носитель с космическим кораблем Orion стартует с пускового комплекса номер 46 на базе ВВС США на мысе Канаверал. Когда ракета-носитель поднимется на высоту 10 км и разовьет скорость около 1600 км/ч, будет задействована система спасения, и мощный двигатель отведет корабль в сторону от ракеты-носителя. Результаты испытания будут использованы при составлении компьютерных моделей для оценки эффективности действия системы спасения при пилотируемых полетах.
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А что за ....ракета-носитель с космическим кораблем Orion стартует с пускового комплекса номер 46 на базе ВВС США на мысе Канаверал. Когда ракета-носитель поднимется на высоту 10 км и разовьет скорость около 1600 км/ч....в сторону от ракеты-носителя
РН?
During the three-minute test, the LAS with the Orion test article will launch atop a booster from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, to an altitude of about six miles and traveling at more than 1,000 mph.
Цитировать https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-orions-ascent-abort-2-flight-test/

Nov. 10, 2017 ( Last Updated: May 21, 2019 Editor: Mark Garcia )

NASA Orion's Ascent Abort-2 Flight Test

NASA's Orion spacecraft is scheduled to undergo a design test in July 2019 of the capsule's launch abort system (LAS), which is a rocket-powered tower on top of the crew module built to very quickly get astronauts safely away from their launch vehicle if there is a problem during ascent.

This full-stress test of the LAS, called Ascent Abort Test 2 (AA-2), will see a booster, provided by Northrup Grumman, launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying a fully functional LAS and a 22,000 pound Orion test vehicle to an altitude of 32,000 feet at Mach 1.3 (over 1,000 mph). At that point, the LAS' powerful reverse-flow abort motor will fire, carrying the Orion test vehicle away from the missile. Timing is crucial as the abort events must match the abort timing requirements of the Orion spacecraft to the millisecond in order for the flight test data to be valid.

The test will provide engineers with critical abort test data to help validate computer models of the spacecraft's LAS performance and system functions.
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he LAS is divided into two parts: the fairing assembly, which is a shell composed of a lightweight composite material that protects the capsule from the heat, wind and acoustics of the launch, ascent, and abort environments; and the launch abort tower, which includes the system's three motors. In an emergency, those three motors – the launch abort, attitude control, and jettison motors – would work together to pull Orion away from a problem on the launch pad or during SLS first stage ascent, steering and re-orienting for LAS jettison, and pulling the LAS away from the crew module. During a normal launch, only the LAS jettison motor would fire, once Orion and the Space Launch System clear most of the atmosphere, to clear the LAS from Orion and allow the spacecraft to continue with its mission.

Engineers at several NASA centers built the Orion test article that has many of the design features and the same mass as the capsule that will carry crew. Because the test is designed to evaluate Orion's launch abort capabilities, the crew module used for AA-2 will not deploy parachutes after the abort system is jettisoned, nor will it have a reaction control system with thrusters needed to help orient the capsule for a parachute-assisted descent and splashdown after the LAS is jettisoned. Those systems have been rigorously evaluated as part of other testing. NASA was able to accelerate the test schedule to better inform the Exploration Mission-2 flight and lower costs by simplifying the test article and eliminating parachutes and related systems, and not recovering the capsule from the ocean.
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 https://youtu.be/6HK9G7feXEk
 https://youtu.be/6HK9G7feXEk
NASA Johnson
Опубликовано: 9 нояб. 2017 г.
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tnt22

https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2019/05/23/on-a-roll-ascent-abort-test-2-flight-test-article-moves-to-launch-pad-46/
ЦитироватьOn a Roll! Ascent Abort Test-2 Flight Test Article Moves to Launch Pad 46

Linda Herridge
Posted May 23, 2019 at 4:07 pm


The flight test article for Orion's Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test passes by the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on its 21.5-mile-trek to Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on May 22, 2019. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

Engineers rolled a test version of the Orion spacecraft integrated with the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 flight test fr om Kennedy Space Center's Launch Abort System Facility to Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in preparation for its launch this summer.

The 21.5 mile trek began around 6 p.m. on May 22, and finished at 3:18 a.m. on May 23. The team will be stacking all the AA-2 elements together at the launch pad over the next several weeks.

During the flight, planned for July 2, a test version of Orion will launch on a booster to more than six miles in altitude, wh ere Orion's launch abort system will pull the capsule and its crew away to safety if an emergency occurs during ascent on the Space Launch System rocket.

The test helps pave the way for Artemis missions at the Moon and will enable astronauts to set foot on the lunar surface by 2024.

tnt22

ЦитироватьChris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 14 мин. назад

FEATURE ARTICLE:
NASA Orion AA-2 vehicle at the launch pad for July test -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/05/nasa-orion-aa-2-vehicle-launch-pad-july-test/ ...

- By Philip Sloss