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Exploration Mission-1

NASA Johnson

Опубликовано: 5 янв. 2018 г.

Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) will be the first integrated flight of NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft and launch from the agency's modernized spaceport in Florida. The uncrewed mission will send Orion thousands of miles beyond the Moon and is a critical flight test for NASA's human deep space exploration goals. EM-1 lays the foundation for the first crewed flight of SLS and Orion, as well as a regular cadence of missions thereafter near the Moon and beyond.

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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-deep-space-exploration-systems-look-ahead-to-action-packed-2018

Jan. 5, 2018
NASA Deep Space Exploration Systems Look Ahead to Action-Packed 2018

Engineers preparing NASA's deep space exploration systems to support missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond are gearing up for a busy 2018. The agency aims to complete the manufacturing of all the major hardware by the end of the year for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), which will pave the road for future missions with astronauts. Planes, trains, trucks and ships will move across America and over oceans to deliver hardware for assembly and testing of components for the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket while teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepare the Ground Systems infrastructure. Testing will take place fr om the high seas to the high skies and in between throughout the year and across the country, not only in support of EM-1, but also for all subsequent missions.


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Early in the year, engineers at Kennedy will bolt Orion's heat shield to the crew module. The heat shield will endure temperatures as high as 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, half as hot as the surface of the Sun, when Orion returns from its missions near the Moon. Mating the heat shield is a crucial step before the service module arrives from Europe in the middle of the year. Once the powerhouse for the spacecraft arrives, technicians will outfit it for mating with the crew module and stack the elements together, joining propulsion lines, avionics and other connections. After the major elements are stacked together, technicians will verify that the integrated crew and service module work as expected and hardware is responding as intended before shipping the stack to NASA's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio for testing in 2019.

NASA engineers and the U.S. Navy will head out to sea off the coast of California in January to evaluate how they plan to recover Orion after the EM-1 test flight. In Yuma, Arizona, engineers will perform three remaining tests to qualify Orion's parachutes for missions with crew, and at White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, workers will continue tests to verify the propulsion system for Orion's European Service Module works as planned. At the Denver facility of Orion prime contractor Lockheed Martin, a structural test article will undergo pressure, acoustic, pyrotechnic and other testing to help ensure Orion can stand up to vibrations, loads, sounds and blasts associated with separation events in flight.

Work is already well underway and will continue for the Orion spacecraft that will carry astronauts on Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2). Workers are welding the primary elements of Orion's structure at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and will ship the completed vessel to Kennedy by the end of 2018. At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineers will review the life support and crew survival systems, and astronauts and test subjects will continue evaluations of the crew interface. NASA engineers are preparing a test version of the spacecraft and separation ring for a mid-air test of Orion's launch abort system. A precursor to the EM-2 crewed flight of Orion, the test, called Ascent Abort 2, will validate the operations of the launch abort system in a dynamic flight environment.

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Space Launch System

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SLS engineers will move at full throttle to complete building rocket hardware that will roar off the launch pad. Michoud will see a surge of activity, as five major structural pieces of SLS come together to form the 212-foot-tall core stage. The four RS-25 engines that will produce two million pounds of thrust upon launch will be attached to the stage. Engineers will ship the integrated hardware on the Pegasus barge to NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, for the final test in 2019 before launch, called the "green run" test, when all four engines roar to life and drain the core stage tanks of more than 700,000 gallons of propellant in a mere eight minutes. The brains of the rocket, the core stage avionics and flight computers, will complete qualification and functional testing and be readied for the green run.

Solid rocket booster segments made by Orbital ATK in Utah will ride the rails to Kennedy and join booster parts, such as the aft and forward skirts. Two launch adapters made at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama will also arrive at Kennedy. Pegasus will take the 30-foot-tall launch vehicle stage adapter, and NASA's Guppy cargo airplane will carry the Orion stage adapter. The Orion stage adapter not only connects the Orion vehicle to the SLS, but will also be loaded with 13 small satellites.

SLS testing will continue as the core stage structural test articles for the liquid hydrogen tank, intertank, and liquid oxygen tank arrive at Marshall and are loaded into towering test stands to be pushed, pulled and twisted to simulate flight. Meanwhile, engineers are working on the design of the Exploration Upper Stage and preparing drawings and engineering products for a Critical Design Review in late 2018. Plans call for using the Exploration Upper Stage on EM-2 as part of the first crewed flight test. SLS teams will also continue to build core stage components and other rocket parts for EM-2 and test engines in support of future missions with crew.

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Ground Systems

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Workers at Kennedy will continue to ready NASA's modernized spaceport in Florida for blast off of the rocket and spacecraft. In the spring, the mobile launcher will be rolled out to Launch Pad 39B ahead of a fit check that will verify all physical connections between the launcher and pad systems fit before rolling it into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for testing. This includes the major interfaces such as mount mechanisms and ignition overpressure and sound suppression water pipes, as well as smaller interfaces like gaseous nitrogen and helium supply lines and access platforms. After testing in the VAB is complete, the mobile launcher will roll back to the pad for several months of full system testing. Over the summer, critical software updates used for command and control to support EM-1 will be completed and teams will prepare for crewed missions.

Ground systems engineers will begin launch pad preparations for launch processing in support of EM-2 by fabricating umbilicals that will service the Exploration Upper Stage engines while the rocket is on the pad. Workers will also start construction for a massive holding tank for liquid hydrogen that will be pumped into the core stage of SLS.

All the work by NASA and its contractors helps set the stage for an even busier 2019, when Orion and SLS will be integrated, tested, and rolled out to the launch pad — one of the final steps before EM-1. That initial test flight of the SLS -- launched from NASA's modernized spaceport in Florida -- will send Orion beyond wh ere any spacecraft built for humans has ventured. All of this foundational work in 2018 and 2019 will enable NASA's efforts to build a flexible, reusable and sustainable infrastructure that will last multiple decades and support missions into deep space of increasing complexity.

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Last Updated: Jan. 5, 2018
Editor: Melanie Whiting

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 http://www.afmc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1402686/418th-flts-supports-nasa-in-orion-spacecraft-parachute-test/
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --
Airmen and testers from the 418th Flight Test Squadron joined Army, NASA and contractor personnel to participate in an airdrop of a mockup of the Orion spacecraft. The capsule was airdropped from a C-17 Globemaster on loan from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, over the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. NASA is continuing contingency tests of the Capsule Parachute Assembly System, or CPAS.
According to the space agency, NASA's Orion spacecraft is built to take humans farther than they've ever gone before. The craft will serve as an exploration vehicle that carries a crew to space and sustain them during their space travel. The spacecraft is designed to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere safely and land by using a system of 11 parachutes.
The Orion capsule was airdropped Dec. 13 with the planned failure of some of the chutes to test aerodynamic stresses on the remaining Orion parachutes. 


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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-view-orion-test-capsule-recovery-hardware-0

Jan. 9, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-006

NASA Invites Media to View Orion Test Capsule, Recovery Hardware


U.S. Navy divers and other personnel in a Zodiac boat secure a harness around a test version of the Orion crew module during Underway Recovery Test (URT) 5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA and the U.S. Navy will conduct its sixth test Jan. 17-23 for recovery of the agency's Orion spacecraft from the sea in preparation for its first uncrewed flight on the Space Launch System rocket.
Credits: NASA/Bill White
Download high-resolution image here.

Media are invited to see a test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft and the hardware that will be used to recover the spacecraft upon its return from space, and talk with team members involved in the recovery operations at 9 a.m. PST Thursday, Jan. 25, at U.S. Naval Base San Diego.

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In preparation for Exploration Mission-1, NASA and the U.S. Navy will conduct testing Jan. 17-23 for recovery of the agency's Orion spacecraft from the sea following its first uncrewed flight on the Space Launch System rocket. This test is part of a series to demonstrate and evaluate the processes, procedures and hardware for recovery operations.

Media interested in attending must contact U.S. Naval Base San Diego Public Affairs at nbsd.pao@navy.mil or 619-556-7359 by Thursday, Jan. 18. All media must arrive no later than 8 a.m. at the naval base's Pass and Decal building, located north of the intersection at 32nd Street and Harbor Drive.

Orion is America's exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to deep space destinations, including the Moon, Mars and beyond.

For more information about Exploration Ground Systems, visit:

https://go.nasa.gov/groundsystems

For more information about Orion, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/orion

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Last Updated: Jan. 9, 2018
Editor: Karen Northon

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Годовой отчет по безопасности
 https://oiir.hq.nasa.gov/asap/documents/2017_ASAP_Annual_Report.pdf

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2018/01/19/orion-spacecraft-recovery-rehearsal-underway/

Orion Spacecraft Recovery Rehearsal Underway
Linda Herridge
Posted on January 19, 2018

As part of Underway Recovery Test 6, the Orion test article is pulled in by a winch line at the rear of the USS Anchorage's well deck that brings the capsule into the ship, along with four manned LLAMAs (Line Load Attenuation Mechanism Assembly) that control the capsule's side-to-side movement and a tending line attached to a rigid hull inflatable boat for controlling Orion's movement behind the ship. Photo credit: NASA/Bill White

NASA's new deep space exploration systems will send crew 40,000 miles beyond the Moon, and return them safely home. After traveling through space at 25,000 miles per hour, the Orion spacecraft will slow to 300 mph after it passes through the Earth's atmosphere. The spacecraft then slows down to 20 mph before it safely splashes down in the Pacific Ocean.
When astronauts come back fr om deep space, they will need to be picked up as quickly as possible. That's wh ere Kennedy Space Center's NASA Recovery Team comes in.
Under the auspices of Exploration Ground Systems, Melissa Jones, NASA's recovery director, and her team will recover the Orion capsule and crew. NASA and the U.S. Navy are working together to ensure they are ready before the first uncrewed Orion mission aboard the agency's new Space Launch System rocket, known as Exploration Mission-1.
This week, the integrated NASA and U.S. Navy team are aboard the USS Anchorage, testing out new ground support equipment and practicing their procedures.
After Orion completes its mission out past the Moon and heads to Earth, Jones will get the call Orion is coming home. Then, it is her job to get the joint NASA and U.S. Navy team to the capsule's location quickly and bring it and the astronauts safely aboard the U.S. Navy recovery ship.
"We are testing all of our equipment in the actual environment we will be in when recovering Orion after Exploration Mission-1," Jones said. "Everything we are doing today is ensuring a safe and swift recovery when the time comes for missions with crew."

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https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/HWHAP/3-weeks-in-a-capsule
Jan. 19, 2018
3 Weeks in a Capsule
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Episode 28 features Jessica Vos, Crew Systems Engineer, who talks about how astronauts will operate in the Orion capsule for deep-space missions that can go up to 3 weeks: like how they'll eat, sleep, exercise, work, and if needed, be prepared for the worst. This episode was recorded on November 16, 2017.
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EGS Program‏ @NASA_go4launch 19 янв.

The official Exploration Mission-1 identifier was released today! The artwork showcases @NASA_SLS, @NASA_Orion, launching from @NASAKennedy.

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NASA Hardware Flips for the First SLS Flight

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

Опубликовано: 8 янв. 2018 г.

Engineers flipped the Orion stage adapter -- flight hardware that will carry 13 small satellites on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) with the Orion Spacecraft. The Orion stage adapter flip made it possible to install the adapter's diaphragm, a barrier that separates SLS from Orion. The installation is one of the last steps in construction before delivery to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to prepare for launch. The adapter built at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will join Orion to the rocket's interim cryogenic propulsion stage -- a liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen-based in-space stage that will give Orion and the small satellites the push needed to go to deep space. The in-space stage was delivered to Kennedy in 2017, and the stage adapter will soon head there by way of the NASA Guppy airplane. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for human exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond. It can also carry more cargo and science payloads to destinations across the solar system faster than any other rocket.

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U.S. Pacific Command‏Подлинная учетная запись @PacificCommand 26 янв.

The @USNavy and @NASA have completed the 6th recovery test of the @NASA_Orion spacecraft in an open ocean environment, securing the craft aboard USS Anchorage (LPD 23) https://www.dvidshub.net/news/263065/ 

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https://www.dvidshub.net/news/263065/navy-and-nasa-complete-underway-recovery-test

Navy and NASA Complete Underway Recovery Test

Photo By Petty Officer 3rd Class Natalie Byers | 180118-N-ZZ513-026 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 18, 2018 ) Sailors attached to the San... read more

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES
01.24.2018
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Natalie Byers
Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet

SAN DIEGO–San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) successfully completed test recovery operations of NASA's Orion test article, Jan. 23.

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The Underway Recovery Test-6 (URT-6) is part of a U.S. government interagency effort to safely retrieve the Orion crew module, which is capable of carrying humans into deep space.

This marks the fourth completion of a URT aboard Anchorage. NASA engineers worked alongside Sailors fr om the Anchorage, the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18 ), Special Boat Team 12, and Navy divers from Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 to test recovery operations of the Orion test article. Tests were conducted in varying sea states, during the day and at night.

"Our crew has actually been training for several months closely with NASA on everything from planning conferences to onsite training to be ready for the mission," said Capt. Dennis Jacko, Anchorage commanding officer. "I think the ship and the crew are doing a great job for a historic tasking we have added to a very busy schedule as we prepare for deployment. Everybody stepped up and provided the best support with our NASA partners for a very successful test."

With their main role of conducting amphibious operations, San Antonio-class ships have unique capabilities that make them an ideal partner to support NASA's mission. One of the more important capabilities is the ship's ability to recover the test capsule using the ship's well deck, which was designed to launch and recover amphibious craft. Anchorage also has the ability to carry and deploy multiple small boats to aid in the recovery process of the capsule and contains an advanced medical facility ideal for treating the returning astronauts.

URT-6 consisted of releasing the test capsule from the well deck, then carefully maneuvering the ship alongside the capsule at slow speed. Once the test article was far enough from the ship, the lines attaching the capsule to the ship were released. Then, divers attached a stabilization ring designed by NASA that would help in sustaining the astronauts in the capsule for up to three days. Divers then removed the collar, attached lines from the small boats to steady and guide the capsule toward Anchorage, wh ere Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIB) would then assist in attaching lines from a NASA-designed winch which then hauled the capsule into the well deck.

The whole recovery is a high risk evolution, especially when the capsule is being towed closely behind the ship, but NASA took our inputs and modified the equipment for this URT mission," said Chief Petty Officer Beau Lontine, a Navy diver assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3. "There are so many things that could go wrong if just one person isn't paying attention. We've conducted training with the hardware and rigging to allow for a safe recovery of the capsule. It might seem like a basic recovery, but it is far from a simple evolution."

The tests allowed NASA and the Navy to continue to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in real, open-ocean environment before conducting actual recovery operations.

Also aboard Anchorage to observe the URT for the first time is NASA Astronaut Stephen Bowen, who is also a retired Navy captain.

"I'm very pleased with what I've seen so far," said Bowen. "The reason you do this is to better understand. You realize you don't have all the answers right now. There will be changes made; things are going to evolve, and they should get better over time."

URTs have been conducted since 2014 and will continue to be until NASA engineers believe the recovery process is without error. The next URT, URT-7, is scheduled to be on the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) in October 2018 when NASA will conduct the validation and verification of the recovery hardware.

According to NASA's Recovery Director Melissa Jones, future tests will ensure NASA and the Navy arrive at a safe and more efficient way to recover the capsule for an early 2020's mission involving a flying crew.

"Testing this week went very well," said Jones. "We've actually shaved about 15 minutes off our timeline already with one run, which is important to us because when we recover crew, we have to get them out as quickly as possible."

The Orion spacecraft is designed to meet the evolving needs of our nation's deep space exploration program for decades to come. It will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities.

Anchorage is homeported in San Diego and is part of U.S. 3rd Fleet. Third Fleet leads naval forces in the Pacific and provides realistic, relevant training necessary for an effective global Navy.

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EGS Program‏ @NASA_go4launch 9 ч. назад

Our #NASARecoveryTeam returned fr om successful underway recovery testing where they put @NASA_Orion spacecraft through the paces preparing for EM-1 wh ere Orion will launch aboard @NASA_SLS from Launch Complex 39B here at @NASAKennedy in Florida.

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NASA_Langley‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Langley 12 ч. назад

Fabrication of the Orion crew module for the upcoming Ascent Abort flight test is complete, and the module is on its way to our neighbors, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, for a paint job. #orion @NASA_Orion

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NASA_Langley‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_Langley 9 ч. назад

The Orion crew module was transported from our center today to our neighbors, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, for a paint job. The module will be used in an upcoming Ascent Abort flight test. #orion @NASA_Orion @JBLEnews

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https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/media-invited-for-look-at-finished-sls-flight-hardware

Jan. 26, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-003

NASA Invites Media for Look at Finished SLS Flight Hardware

NASA's is offering media a last look at a key piece of Space Launch System (SLS) flight hardware before it departs to the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, for launch preparations.

The adapter will be part of the SLS rocket on the first flight of the SLS and the Orion spacecraft, a flight that will help engineers check out and verify NASA's new deep-space exploration systems.

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The Orion stage adapter flight hardware for NASA's Space Launch System has been outfitted and is ready to travel to the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, via NASA's Super Guppy. The adapter, built at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will join Orion to the rocket's interim cryogenic propulsion stage -- a liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen-based in-space stage that will give the spacecraft the push needed to go to deep space. The square boxes inside the adapter are mounting spaces for 13 small satelites that will ride to space in the adapter and then deploy on their own deep space missons.
Credits: NASA/MSFC/Tyler Martin
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Media are invited to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Tuesday, Jan. 30 to view the Orion stage adapter that will carry 13 small satellites and connect the SLS interim cryogenic propulsion stage to the Orion spacecraft on the first integrated test flight.


Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, flip the Orion stage adapter to install the adapter's diaphragm, a barrier that separates SLS from Orion. The installation is one of the last steps in construction before delivery to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to prepare for launch.
Credits: NASA/MSFC/Tyler Martin
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Brackets inside the Orion stage adapter will carry 13 small satellites, or CubeSats, that will ride on Exploration Mission-1, the first integrated flight of SLS and Orion. The shoebox-size secondary payloads will deploy from the adapter after the Orion spacecraft moves away on its journey to deep space. The payloads will travel to many different destinations, including asteroids and the Moon, to gather data.
Credits: NASA image: Kevin Obrien
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The adapter, approximately 5 feet tall and 18 feet in diameter, was designed and built at Marshall with advanced friction stir welding technology. Inside the adapter, engineers installed special brackets and cabling for the CubeSats. The CubeSats, which are small science experiments, stay safely stowed inside the adapter until after Orion has separated from SLS. These boot-box-sized science and technology investigations will help pave the way for future human exploration in deep space.

The Orion stage adapter flight article recently finished major testing of the avionics system that will deploy the CubeSats. It will soon be packaged and sent to Kennedy on NASA's Super Guppy airplane. Once the adapter arrives at Kennedy, technicians will install the secondary payloads, and engineers will examine the hardware before it is stacked on the interim cryogenic propulsion stage in the Vehicle Assembly Building before launch.

Video resources will be available on NASA's Video and Imagery Library immediately following the event.

For more information and resources about SLS, visit nasa.gov/sls.

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Tracy McMahan
 Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
 256-544-0034
tracy.mcMahan@nasa.gov

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Last Updated: Jan. 26, 2018
Editor: Jennifer Harbaugh

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Ещё об эмблеме EM-1

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https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/exploration-mission-1-identifier

Jan. 19, 2018

Exploration Mission-1 Identifier
 



Downloadable file of NASA's Exploration Mission-1 patch.

The Exploration Mission-1 artwork showcases the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft and lifting off from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The triangular shape represents the three main programs that comprise NASA's Deep Space Exploration Systems: Orion, SLS, and Exploration Ground Systems, and is a classic shape for NASA mission emblems dating back to the shuttle era.

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Several elements within the design carry symbolic meaning for this historic flight. The silver highlight surrounding this patch gives nod to the silver Orion spacecraft, including the European service module that will be voyaging 40,000 miles past the Moon in deep space. The orange rocket and flames represent the firepower of SLS. The setting is historic Launch Pad 39B, represented by the three lightning towers. The red and blue mission trajectories encompassing the white full Moon proudly emphasizes the hard work, tradition, and dedication of this American led-mission while also embracing NASA's international partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) as both agencies forge a new future in space.

The Exploration Mission-1 emblem was designed in collaboration by the creative team working for the Deep Space Exploration Systems programs, which includes Orion, SLS, and Exploration Ground Systems, located at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Johnson Space Center in Houston, Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and Kennedy. Because the maiden mission of SLS and Orion is uncrewed, the program teams had the rare opportunity to conceive the mission identifier. Exploration Mission-2, which will fly with crew, will have an insignia designed by NASA's Astronaut Office with the help of the crew that will fly aboard the most capable deep space system to take flight.

Learn more about Deep Space Exploration Systems.

Learn more about Exploration Ground Systems.

Learn more about Exploration Mission-1.

Learn more about NASA enterprise and mission insignia: Emblems of Exploration.

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Last Updated: Jan. 27, 2018
Editor: Kathryn Hambleton

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/groundsystems/2018/01/29/nasa-recovery-team-completes-orion-underway-recovery-test-6-in-pacific-ocean/

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2018/01/29/nasa-recovery-team-completes-orion-underway-recovery-test-6-in-pacific-ocean/

NASA Recovery Team Completes Orion Underway Recovery Test 6 in Pacific Ocean

Linda Herridge
Posted Jan 29, 2018 at 11:25 am


During Underway Recovery Test 6, Kennedy Space Center's NASA Recovery Team spent a week aboard the USS Anchorage where they and the U.S. Navy tested procedures and ground support equipment to improve recovery procedures and hardware ahead of Orion's next flight, Exploration Mission-1, when it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean. The Orion test article sits inside the well deck of the USS Anchorage after a successful recovery test Jan. 22. Photo credit: NASA/Bill White

NASA's Recovery Team fr om Kennedy Space Center just finished a week at sea, testing and improving their processes and ground support hardware to recover astronauts in the Orion capsule once they splash down in the Pacific Ocean. Aboard the USS Anchorage, NASA and the U.S. Navy worked together to run through different sea conditions, time of day and equipment scenarios—putting hardware and the people through their paces.

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Astronaut Stephen Bowen was aboard as an observer to better understand the recovery procedures and to offer an astronaut's perspective. As a former Navy captain, Bowen has a wealth of knowledge to impart to the team—helping them better understand what the crew will be going through as they are bobbing up and down in the capsule after spending time in microgravity.

"I understand what it's like to be on a boat that doesn't have a keel (a structural beam that runs in the middle from bow to stern to give it stability) in the open ocean," Bowen said. "It's not necessarily the friendliest of places to be." And add that to the physical manifestations of re-entering a gravity environment after several weeks, Bowen's first-hand knowledge will be paramount for the team as they hone their plans to make recovery smooth.

During the weeklong testing, the team made strides in developing the final recovery plan and even shaved 15 minutes off their best time. "When the astronauts return to Earth, we are required to retrieve them within two hours," said NASA Recovery Director Melissa Jones, "but our goal is to get to them as quickly and safely as possible—we are shooting for half that time."

The team still has several tests scheduled between now and Orion's first uncrewed flight atop the new Space Launch System rocket, known as Exploration Mission-1. The mission will pave the way for future crewed missions and enable future missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. During the flight, Orion will travel thousands of miles beyond the Moon before splashing down into the Pacific, wh ere NASA's Recovery Team will be ready and waiting for her.

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NASA's Orion is in test at our facilities outside of Denver, Colorado. We're taking you inside the factory to talk test and answer questions.

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NASA_SLS‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA_SLS 30 янв.

A look inside the @NASA_Orion stage adapter that will fly on #NASASLS! The brackets inside will hold 13 CubeSats that will do their own deep-space research.