Quote from: Khadgars on 06/25/2018 03:12 pmQuick question. Is that hydrogen tank the STA or part of CS-1?CS-1 flight tank. It’s being relocated to an area where additional instrumentation will be installed. After that, spray-on foam insulation will be applied in Cell N.
Quick question. Is that hydrogen tank the STA or part of CS-1?
Quote from: erikdurn on 06/25/2018 09:56 pmQuote from: Khadgars on 06/25/2018 03:12 pmQuick question. Is that hydrogen tank the STA or part of CS-1?CS-1 flight tank. It’s being relocated to an area where additional instrumentation will be installed. After that, spray-on foam insulation will be applied in Cell N. Cool, thank you for the update. Looking forward to seeing it during its Green Run testing.
Quote from: Khadgars on 07/02/2018 04:25 pmDo we have status/pictures of the CS-1 Oxygen Tank?I don’t have any pictures but I can give you a status. TPS application is complete. It’s in Area 6 for integration of a handle full of components. After that’s done, it’ll be ready for sump installation and then Forward Join stacking (Forward Skirt + LOX Tanks + Intertank).
Do we have status/pictures of the CS-1 Oxygen Tank?
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Boeing teams working on America’s next great rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), are now connecting the rocket segments for final assembly.Boeing workers at NASA’s Michoud facility in New Orleans assembled the top half of the SLS core stage – the intertank, liquid oxygen tank and forward skirt - in a vertical stacking cell. The process is called a forward join. The forward join will then be connected to the bottom half of the rocket – the liquid hydrogen tank and engine section – to complete the 212-foot core stage.
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