QuoteTory Bruno Verified account @torybruno 26m26 minutes agoVery exciting! Mighty #Atlas Booster for OFT, the first #Starliner test flight, (uncrewed). @BoeingDefense #LaunchAmerica #Boeinghttps://twitter.com/torybruno/status/918416260819329025
Tory Bruno Verified account @torybruno 26m26 minutes agoVery exciting! Mighty #Atlas Booster for OFT, the first #Starliner test flight, (uncrewed). @BoeingDefense #LaunchAmerica #Boeing
ULA & @BoeingDefense #AtlasV #Starliner teams held a Test Like You Fly review last week, an exercise focused on safety and reliability
Team reviewed components, software & systems + decades of Atlas data to ensure integrated vehicle tests sim real-life conditions
TLYF review supports safety, mission success as #AtlasV #Starliner preps to launch astros to @Space_Station next year! #LaunchAmerica
The Centaur that will return Americans to space from American soil.
Centaur being fabricated for this flight:QuoteThe Centaur that will return Americans to space from American soil. https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/918816681157210114
I guess Tony is forgetting that SpaceX might do it before then? (if current schedules hold)
More #Atlas #Starliner hardware moving through Decatur!#Boeing #LaunchAmerica
The Atlas V rocket is coming together for @BoeingDefense #Starliner spacecraft first uncrewed flight test. More: http://go.nasa.gov/2h7K8uz
If SpaceX is ahead of ULA for its equivalent flight, why hasn't it released comparable images of its progress? - Ed Kyle
Quote from: edkyle99 on 10/26/2017 01:39 pmIf SpaceX is ahead of ULA for its equivalent flight, why hasn't it released comparable images of its progress? - Ed KyleBecause the F9 is built on an assembly line on two week-ish cadence and the F9 for Crew Dragon looks no different than any other F9 built? Routine stuff isn't generally considered newsworthy.
From concept to production & soon flight, meet the #ulalaunch adapter supporting Boeing #Starliner capsule taking astronauts to the ISS!
If SpaceX is ahead of ULA for its equivalent flight, why hasn't it released comparable images of its progress?
Quote from: abaddon on 10/26/2017 02:41 pmQuote from: edkyle99 on 10/26/2017 01:39 pmIf SpaceX is ahead of ULA for its equivalent flight, why hasn't it released comparable images of its progress?Why do you feel compelled to bring up SpaceX in a ULA thread?I didn't. I was responding to someone else who did.
Quote from: edkyle99 on 10/26/2017 01:39 pmIf SpaceX is ahead of ULA for its equivalent flight, why hasn't it released comparable images of its progress?Why do you feel compelled to bring up SpaceX in a ULA thread?
United Launch Alliance Completes Key Milestone for Launch of Boeing’s Starliner and Return of U.S.-based Human SpaceflightCape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Jan. 4, 2018 – United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully completed an Atlas V Launch Segment Design Certification Review (DCR) recently in preparation for the launch of astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil in The Boeing Company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. ULA’s Atlas V DCR supported the Boeing International Space Station (ISS) DCR that was held with NASA at Kennedy Space Center in early December.“Design Certification Review is a significant milestone that completes the design phase of the program, paving the way to operations,” said Barb Egan, ULA Commercial Crew program manager. “Hardware and software final qualification tests are underway, as well as a major integrated test series, including structural loads. Future tests will involve launch vehicle hardware, such as jettison tests, acoustic tests, and, finally, a pad abort test in White Sands, New Mexico.”Launch vehicle production is currently on track for an uncrewed August 2018 Orbital Flight Test (OFT). The OFT booster for the uncrewed flight is in final assembly at the factory in Decatur, Ala., and the OFT Centaur upper stage has completed pressure testing. Other hardware such as the launch vehicle adapter and aeroskirt production are on schedule to support test articles and flight. “ULA is progressing into the operational phase to launch the OFT and Crew Flight Test in 2018, and we are pleased with the progress we’re making toward a successful launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on the Atlas V,” said Gary Wentz, ULA Human and Commercial Systems vice president. “We cannot overstate the importance of all the steps that go into this process as there is more than just a mission or hardware at stake, but the lives of our brave astronauts.”The Boeing Company selected ULA’s Atlas V rocket for human-rated spaceflight to the ISS. ULA’s Atlas V has launched more than 70 times with a 100 percent mission success rate.With more than a century of combined heritage, ULA is the nation’s most experienced and reliable launch service provider. ULA has successfully delivered more than 120 satellites to orbit that aid meteorologists in tracking severe weather, unlock the mysteries of our solar system, provide critical capabilities for troops in the field and enable personal device-based GPS navigation.For more information on ULA, visit the ULA website at www.ulalaunch.com, or call the ULA Launch Hotline at 1-877-ULA-4321 (852-4321). Join the conversation at www.facebook.com/ulalaunch, twitter.com/ulalaunch and instagram.com/ulalaunch.
QuoteUnited Launch Alliance Completes Key Milestone for Launch of Boeing’s Starliner and Return of U.S.-based Human SpaceflightCape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Jan. 4, 2018 – United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully completed an Atlas V Launch Segment Design Certification Review (DCR) recently in preparation for the launch of astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil in The Boeing Company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. ULA’s Atlas V DCR supported the Boeing International Space Station (ISS) DCR that was held with NASA at Kennedy Space Center in early December.“Design Certification Review is a significant milestone that completes the design phase of the program, paving the way to operations,” said Barb Egan, ULA Commercial Crew program manager. “Hardware and software final qualification tests are underway, as well as a major integrated test series, including structural loads. Future tests will involve launch vehicle hardware, such as jettison tests, acoustic tests, and, finally, a pad abort test in White Sands, New Mexico.”Launch vehicle production is currently on track for an uncrewed August 2018 Orbital Flight Test (OFT). The OFT booster for the uncrewed flight is in final assembly at the factory in Decatur, Ala., and the OFT Centaur upper stage has completed pressure testing. Other hardware such as the launch vehicle adapter and aeroskirt production are on schedule to support test articles and flight. “ULA is progressing into the operational phase to launch the OFT and Crew Flight Test in 2018, and we are pleased with the progress we’re making toward a successful launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on the Atlas V,” said Gary Wentz, ULA Human and Commercial Systems vice president. “We cannot overstate the importance of all the steps that go into this process as there is more than just a mission or hardware at stake, but the lives of our brave astronauts.”The Boeing Company selected ULA’s Atlas V rocket for human-rated spaceflight to the ISS. ULA’s Atlas V has launched more than 70 times with a 100 percent mission success rate.With more than a century of combined heritage, ULA is the nation’s most experienced and reliable launch service provider. ULA has successfully delivered more than 120 satellites to orbit that aid meteorologists in tracking severe weather, unlock the mysteries of our solar system, provide critical capabilities for troops in the field and enable personal device-based GPS navigation.For more information on ULA, visit the ULA website at www.ulalaunch.com, or call the ULA Launch Hotline at 1-877-ULA-4321 (852-4321). Join the conversation at www.facebook.com/ulalaunch, twitter.com/ulalaunch and instagram.com/ulalaunch. http://www.ulalaunch.com/ula-completes-atlasv-starliner-dcr.aspx
The Orbital Flight Test (OFT) Booster is on its way to pressure testing. #Starliner
Has the dual engine centaur flown yet? Does ULA not have the 7 flight requirement? Seems like changing the engine count is a big change. I know a dual engine centaur has flown before, but never on an Atlas 5.
Quote from: intrepidpursuit on 05/10/2018 11:38 pmHas the dual engine centaur flown yet? Does ULA not have the 7 flight requirement? Seems like changing the engine count is a big change. I know a dual engine centaur has flown before, but never on an Atlas 5.Not on an Atlas V. The last time a Dual-Engined Centaur was flown was on the last Atlas IIAS mission in August 2004. For the next fourteen years afterwards, all Centaur upper stages had only one RL-10.