by Rob Coppinger | Nov 24, 2008 | Constellation, exploration, NASA, Suborbital
For those of you able to make it all the way through the 3h webcast video of the September lunar exploration industry briefing day there is a bit at the end that makes for interesting what-if pondering The Altair lunar lander project office deputy manager Clinton...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 21, 2008 | Constellation, exploration, NASA
In a surprise move NASA has included studies to assess the human rating of the Ares V cargo launch vehicle’s (CaLV) core stage in its draft statement of work (DSOW) for its request for information for the CaLV Hyperbola has obtained a copy of the DSOW. Is this...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 3, 2008 | Ares, Constellation, NASA
Back in September I reported about how NASA was considering an electromechanical actuator and provided the schematic above of a system considered in 1993 and now people are wondering about what design Ares will use as the agency identified it as the solution to the...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 16, 2008 | Ares, Constellation, NASA
See the Ares I crew launch vehicle’s instrument unit being assembled and fitted to the rocket’s upper stage in this Boeing produced animation of how construction of the new booster could look at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in the next decade...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 10, 2008 | Ares, Constellation, NASA
At the International Astronautical Congress 2008, held in Glasgow, Scotland last week NASA’s crew launch vehicle implementation office manager Charles Cockrell gave a briefing on the 3 October about the Constellation programme’s vehicle testing plans Click...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 8, 2008 | Ares, Constellation, NASA
At the International Astronautical Congress 2008, held in Glasgow, Scotland last week NASA’s Constellation operations and test integration associate director, Thomas Rathjen, gave a briefing on the 3 October about the programme’s flight test strategy...
