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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #820 on: 07/14/2017 11:25 pm »
SLS Test Hardware Taken to Redstone Arsenal Airfield for Guppy Loading

Published on Jul 14, 2017


A structural test article of the Orion Stage Adapter for NASA’s Space Launch System, built at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, is transported and prepared to be loaded onto NASA's Super Guppy aircraft. With integrated structural testing complete at Marshall, the stage adapter will soon be transported to Lockheed Martin in Denver for further testing with NASA's Orion spacecraft. The Guppy -- a plane large enough to carry cargo weighing more than 26 tons -- arrived at the U.S. Army's Redstone Arsenal Airfield July 10 to transport the stage adapter. On SLS's first integrated flight with Orion, the OSA will connect Orion to the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage.

Video courtesy of NASA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoZYc4y9vAc?t=001



« Last Edit: 07/26/2017 12:25 pm by Chris Bergin »
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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #822 on: 07/26/2017 12:25 pm »
ICPS for EM-1 arriving in the SSPF soon:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/07/sls-upper-stage-residency-former-home-iss-modules/

ULA's ICPS for SLS EM-1 is on a road trip this morning! Cape, via LC-39 complex and KSC’s Industrial Area, to the SSPF. The first integrated piece of SLS hardware to arrive at KSC.
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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #823 on: 07/26/2017 05:36 pm »
ICPS for EM-1 arriving in the SSPF soon:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/07/sls-upper-stage-residency-former-home-iss-modules/

ULA's ICPS for SLS EM-1 is on a road trip this morning! Cape, via LC-39 complex and KSC’s Industrial Area, to the SSPF. The first integrated piece of SLS hardware to arrive at KSC.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXBJwvkA9oY/

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BXA-CwigpFs/

respectively
« Last Edit: 07/26/2017 05:37 pm by Ronsmytheiii »

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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #824 on: 08/02/2017 10:19 pm »
Space Launch System Solid Rocket Boosters ‘on Target’ for First Flight

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/space-launch-system-solid-rocket-boosters-on-target-for-first-flight.html

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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #825 on: 08/05/2017 06:05 pm »
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Service Platforms Arrive for Space Launch System Booster Engines
Posted on August 4, 2017 at 11:05 am by Linda Herridge.

New service platforms for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) booster engines arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platforms were transported on two flatbed trucks from fabricator Met-Con Inc. in Cocoa, Florida. They were offloaded and stored inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).

The platforms will be used for processing and checkout of the engines for the SLS’ twin five-segment solid rocket boosters for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). The boosters, in combination with the rocket’s four RS-25 engines, will produce more than 8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff.

The first SLS mission, EM-1, will launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to a stable orbit beyond the Moon and bring it back to Earth for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The mission will demonstrate the integrated system performance of the rocket, Orion spacecraft and ground support teams prior to a crewed flight.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2017/08/04/service-platforms-arrive-for-space-launch-system-booster-engines/

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A flatbed truck carrying one of two new service platforms for NASA’s Space Launch System booster engines arrives at the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 31, 2017.
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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #826 on: 08/05/2017 11:09 pm »
The above post is also covered in the following weekly NASA update at 34 seconds into the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4boOJo3H5HE?t=0034



« Last Edit: 08/05/2017 11:09 pm by catdlr »
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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #827 on: 08/10/2017 07:56 am »
Tanks for the lift

NASA’s powerful Space Launch System rocket is a few steps closer to launching the Orion spacecraft now that its liquid propellant tanks are ready for testing.

Assembled by the world’s largest robotic rocket welder at NASA’s Michoud facility in New Orleans, USA, the liquid oxygen tank seen here is ready for qualification, while the remaining three tanks are being processed.

The tanks must prove they can do exactly what they were designed to do as well as pass structural testing. At NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, they will be strapped to the engines and fired to check their performance under launch conditions.

The liquid oxygen and hydrogen tanks hold over 2.6 million litres of propellant to power the rocket’s core stage that is comprised of four RS-25 engines and two solid rocket boosters.

Every bit of that thrust will be needed to propel the Orion spacecraft beyond low orbit to the Moon and beyond, for which ESA is contributing the European Service Module (ESM).

Once in orbit, the ESM will provide the spacecraft with electricity, water, oxygen and nitrogen as well as temperature control. A propulsion qualification module is being tested at the White Sands Test Facility in the US.

NASA’s uncrewed Exploration Mission-1 will be launched from the historic pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, sending Orion some 70 000 km beyond the Moon before it returns to Earth.

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2017/08/Tanks_for_the_lift

Image credit: NASA Michoud–J. Guidry

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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #828 on: 08/10/2017 05:14 pm »
Media tour and briefing of the Launch Equipment Test Facility (LETF) and the SLS EM-1 Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS).  If you've got questions you'd like me to ask tomorrow, PM me before 9am EDT Friday.

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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #829 on: 08/24/2017 11:15 am »
Update on the "dropped LOX dome"-incident via het most recent publically available ASAP minutes:

Quote from: ASAP
NASA also reported on a mishap with the LOX dome. The qualification dome was dropped and its sides were “dimpled” by its holding fixture. At first, this was thought to be a catastrophic failure, but when the team pulled the dome out of the fixture, the dimples popped out. After considerable analysis by NASA and the prime contractor, the LOX dome was deemed suitable for qualification testing. It will be attached to the qualification tank and that assembly will go to Stennis Space Center for structural testing.

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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #830 on: 08/24/2017 11:31 am »
Update on SLS-related critical path items, via the most recent publically available ASAP minutes:

Quote from: ASAP
The overall launch schedule for EM-1 has slipped—it is moving out and a new date will be established in the near future. There are a number of schedule threats within the three program-critical paths. The principal one migrates through the core stage (the rocket). A number of actions must come together: the fabrication and test of qualification and flight test hardware, fabrication and testing of structural test articles, and the integration of sensors and avionics. There are schedule threats of several months in terms of delivery of hardware to testing. This remains a difficult task to traverse without delay.

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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #831 on: 08/29/2017 06:28 pm »
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ICPS on the move in the Vertical Transport System

https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/902570582578872324

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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #832 on: 08/30/2017 04:40 am »
Space Launch System—New Exterior Markings (2017 Animation)

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NASA's Marshall Center
Published on Aug 29, 2017


Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration in deep space. Black-and-white checkerboard targets on the exterior of the SLS heavy-lift rocket will enable photogrammetrists to measure critical distances during spaceflight, including booster separation from the core stage. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars.



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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #833 on: 08/30/2017 10:45 pm »
Dynetics has announced the completion of the SLS core stage pathfinder vehicle.

http://www.dynetics.com/news/497
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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #834 on: 08/31/2017 09:20 pm »
That Dynetics simulated SLS would look great as a museum piece for KSC to add.  A life size SLS replica right outside the Atlantis building. Not only is it new, but this also shows hardware heritage adapted from shuttle into the new rocket. People will also get a sense of how large it is standing next to it while comparing it to the shuttle ET/SRB stack next to it. :)


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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #835 on: 09/05/2017 02:06 pm »
And on the pathfinder, Philip was at the event and interviewed people/took photos :)

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/09/sls-core-stage-pathfinder-barge-maf/
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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #836 on: 09/05/2017 04:22 pm »
And on the pathfinder, Philip was at the event and interviewed people/took photos :)

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/09/sls-core-stage-pathfinder-barge-maf/

Nice!  A very informative article indeed !   :D
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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #837 on: 09/05/2017 04:33 pm »
Great article, but lacking proper metric units. Don't want to alienate the rest of the world!

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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #838 on: 09/05/2017 09:17 pm »
Great article, but lacking proper metric units. Don't want to alienate the rest of the world!
Isn't SLS being built using Imperial units?  If so, the most precise numbers will be in those units.

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US Imperial Units is primary measurement and Metric is listed as secondary per Space Launch System (SLS) Mission Planner's Guide - ESD 30000 Baseline. PSM most charts are hybrid.

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Re: SLS Development Stage UPDATE Thread (2)
« Reply #839 on: 09/05/2017 09:19 pm »
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.@NASA_SLS Booster Update: Five of 10 segments are now in storage & awaiting shipment to @NASAKennedy where they will be prepped for launch

https://twitter.com/orbitalatk/status/905159759715635200

 

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