Orion

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http://www.interfax.ru/world/616306

В НАСА допустили участие иностранных астронавтов к полету вокруг Луны на корабле Orion
Москва. 8 июня. INTERFAX.RU - Национальное управление по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства США (НАСА) считает, что к полету вокруг Луны на создаваемом американском пилотируемом корабле Orion могут быть привлечены астронавты других стран, как и к реализации проекта строительства окололунной станции Deep Space Gateway.
"Сейчас миссия корабля Orion - это облет Луны и возвращение на Землю. На данный момент его стыковка с Международной космической станцией не планируется, но мы ожидаем также привлечения международных партнеров и их астронавтов для полета на этом корабле", - сказал заместитель администратора NASA по пилотируемой программе Уильям Герстенмайер в пятницу журналистам.
Так он ответил на вопрос, планирует ли НАСА пригласить к полёту на корабле Orion российского космонавта.
"Мы планируем работать вместе (с Россией) и по созданию окололунной станции Deep Space Gateway, а также по высадкам на Луну, очень много предстоит отработать деталей, но мы планируем работать в рамках международной команды", - сказал Герстенмайер.
Осенью 2017 года главы космических агентств России и США договорились о создании новой космической станции Deep Space Gateway на орбите Луны, первые модули которой могут быть выведены в 2024-2026 гг.

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"Мы договорились о том, что будем совместно участвовать в проекте создания новой международной окололунной станции Deep Space Gateway. На первом этапе будем строить орбитальную часть с дальнейшей перспективой применения отработанных технологий на поверхности Луны и впоследствии - Марса. Вывод первых модулей возможен в 2024-2026 году", - заявил тогда журналистам возглавлявший "Роскосмос" Игорь Комаров на Международном конгрессе астронавтики в Австралии.
Участие в проекте могут принять Китай, Индия, Бразилия и ЮАР. По словам главы "Роскосмоса", участие в проекте стран БРИКС одобрено Россией и США.
"Была принята во внимание наша инициатива в расширении числа стран, которые смогут принять участие в обсуждении этого проекта. Определено, что в совместной работе над окололунной станцией примет Китай, Индия и другие страны БРИКС", - сказал Комаров.
По его словам, стороны в предварительном порядке обсудили вклады стран-участниц.
"Нашим вкладом в создание станции может стать создание от одного до трех модулей и стандартов унифицированного стыковочного механизма для всех кораблей, которые будут стыковаться к станции. Кроме того, Россия предполагает задействовать для вывода конструкций на окололунную орбиту создаваемую в настоящее время новую ракету-носитель сверхтяжелого класса", - сообщил "Роскосмоса".
Со своей стороны, директор "Роскосмоса" по пилотируемым программам Сергей Крикалев сообщил, что кроме шлюзового модуля, Россия может разработать для новой станции жилой модуль.
Комаров подчеркивал, что конкретный состав технологического, а также финансовых вкладов всех участников создания станции Deep Space Gateway страны-участницы проекта будут обсуждать на следующем этапе переговоров. В ходе них будут прорабатываться миссии на поверхности Луны и Марса. "Сам договор требует серьезной проработки уже на государственном уровне", - уточнил глава "Роскосмоса".

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Строительство станции может начаться в 2022 году. Ожидается, что для полетов к Луне могут быть использованы российская и американская сверхтяжелые ракеты, при этом последняя будет летать в том числе с пилотируемым кораблем Orion, который создается сейчас в США.

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 4 мин. назад

FEATURE ARTICLE: Airbus performing Orion ESM checkout for trip to U.S. launch site -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/06/airbus-orion-esm-checkout-trip-u-s-launch-site/ ...

- 3,000 word Orion ESM update by Philip Sloss.

Many thanks to @AirbusSpace for assisting. @kogavfx with the lead render for NSF.

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Компания Airbus объявила о подготовке к отправке сервисного модуля

Европейское космическое агентство объявило о начале подготовки к отправке созданного ею сервисного модуля (летная модель-1) на расположенный во Флориде пусковой комплекс космического центра имени Кеннеди. В дальнейшем поставляемое изделие будет интегрировано в разработанный в США космический аппарат и после соответствующего тестирования должно быть запущено в рамках реализации миссии EM-1. Целью пробного полета должны стать облет Луны и возврат корабля на Землю. В качестве последних операций перед отправкой модуля заказчику в компании назвали:
 - установку четырех баков для топлива;
 - функциональное тестирование двигательной системы и средств обеспечения экипажей воздухом и водой.
 Особенностью процесса отправки модуля в США будет являться то, что изделие будет перевозиться без сопла (уже находится на территории США), а солнечные батареи будут отправлены отдельно. Относительно летной модели-2 в агентстве отмечают, что работы над ним идут в соответствии с план-графиком.

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А должны были исчо в апреле 

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Вышел майский номер "Orion"

orion_nl_may_2018_final.pdf - 3.9 MB, 11 стр, 2018-06-19 19:47:04 UTC

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Preparing America for Deep Space Episode 17: Building the Future

NASA Johnson

Опубликовано: 6 июл. 2018 г.

Important strides have been made in 2018 for NASA's Orion, Space Launch System (SLS) and Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) programs. Teams across America and in Europe are developing and building the spacecraft, rocket and infrastructure necessary to send humans to deep space destinations including the Moon and beyond. Some major milestones include: Orion – parachute drop testing at the Yuma Proving Ground; Exploration Mission 2 crew module cone welding; Ascent Abort-2 crew module outfitting; crew module uprighting system testing; SLS – intertank test article transported to NASA's Pegasus barge at Michoud Assembly Facility and arrival at Marshall Space Flight Center; core stage engine section structural tests; successful RS-25 rocket engine testing; EGS – Orion crew module recovery rehearsal; crew access arm install on the Mobile Launcher; Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage umbilical install; Firing Room 1 demonstration.

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Прямая трансляция 
https://livestream.com/accounts/6056055/events/8275589

Прямо сча про Орион расказывют

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Зад сервисного модуля с установленным двигателем от шаттла.
Будет доставлен в США из Европу "very soon" (а должен был ещё в апреле)

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 9 июл.

The AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum is starting at 8 am EDT with a keynote by NASA Glenn director Janet Kavandi. That'll be webcast along with some other sessions, such as one later this morning on SLS and Orion

9 июл.

Kavandi: I think the new strategy of going to the Moon before going to Mars is a good plan; want to test technologies on the Moon before long-duration Mars missions. #AIAAPropEnergy

9 июл.

Kavandi: inaugural SLS launch, EM-1, due to happen "about two years from now," or mid-2020. (So much for the December 2019 target date...) #AIAAPropEnergy

9 июл.

Kavandi: expecting delivery of European Service Module for EM-1 Orion in late August or early September. #AIAAPropEnergy

9 июл.

Chris Cianciola, SLS deputy program manager: first three SLS missions will be of the Block 1 design with ICPS upper stage. After EM-1, planning EM-2 (first crewed mission) and a "cargo" mission, but order of those two could change. #AIAAPropEnergy

9 июл.

Lundquist: next flight test for Orion is Ascent Abort-2 test of Orion's launch abort system, scheduled for next spring. #AIAAPropEnergy

9 июл.

Lundquist: starting with EM-3 in 2023, SLS Block 1B missions will comanifest Gateway elements with Orion. (First Gateway element, the PPE, will launch on a commercial vehicle in 2022.) #AIAAPropEnergy

9 июл.

Scott Marston, Northrop Grumman: seven of ten booster segments for SLS EM-1 mission are complete and in storage; remaining three will be done this year. Have ten weeks of margin for a Dec. 2019 launch. #AIAAPropEnergy

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http://spacenews.com/nasa-adding-more-sls-block-1-launches-to-manifest/

NASA adding more SLS Block 1 launches to manifest
by Jeff Foust — July 10, 2018


Two more SLS Block 1 launches, including the first crewed Orion mission and possibly Europa Clipper, are now being planned for the early 2020s. Credit: NASA

CINCINNATI — With two more launches of the Block 1 version of the Space Launch System now planned, NASA is starting work to procure and human-rate additional upper stages.

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NASA originally expected to fly the Block 1 version of the SLS only once before moving to the more powerful Block 1B version of the rocket. The Block 1 uses an upper stage known as the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS), based on the Delta 4 upper stage. The Block 1B will replace the ICPS with the Exploration Upper Stage, a larger upper stage under development.

However, with funding fr om Congress provided in the fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill to build a second mobile launch platform, NASA now expects to use the Block 1 version more than once. Those additional launches can take place using the existing mobile launch platform while the new one, designed for Block 1B, is built. That move is designed to reduce concerns about a long gap between SLS missions had NASA gone through with original plans to modify the mobile launch platform after the first SLS mission so it could be used for the Block 1B.

"It allows us to decouple the launch of the Block 1, which requires a different platform fr om the Block 1B," said Ben Donahue of Boeing during a July 10 talk at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Propulsion and Energy Forum here. "This is really a win for the SLS program."

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NASA schedules now call for three flights of the SLS Block 1, starting with Exploration Mission (EM) 1. That will be followed by EM-2, the first crewed mission, in 2021, and a "cargo" mission in 2022. That cargo mission could be used for the launch of the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is required by past appropriations bills to fly on an SLS no later than 2022, although NASA's fiscal year 2019 budget request proposed launching it in 2025 on a commercially procured vehicle.

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"The first three missions will be of the Block 1 configuration, which includes the ICPS," said Chris Cianciola, deputy program manager of the SLS program at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, in a July 9 panel discussion. The order of EM-2 and the cargo mission could be reversed, he added.

Adding the two Block 1 missions means NASA will need to buy additional ICPS stages from Boeing. "We'll go through acquisition strategies and those kinds of discussions," Cianciola said in an interview after the panel. "The government teams are huddling up right now to see how we want to do that."

One of the new stages will require modifications to meet NASA human-rating requirements in order to launch a crewed Orion spacecraft on EM-2. One addition to that ICPS, he said, will be an emergency detection system that can warn the Orion of a problem that would require an abort. That system would likely be based on one developed by United Launch Alliance for Atlas 5 commercial crew launches.

Another widely discussed issue with the SLS Block 1 is the launch date for its first mission, EM-1. "That's currently scheduled for December of next year," said Cianciola. However, in other presentations at the conference, both NASA and industry officials hinted that a more accurate launch date is the middle of 2020.

Cianciola said later that the first SLS, on current timelines, won't be ready to support a December 2019 launch. "We know that we've got somewh ere between four and six months of risk," he said, meaning that, without changes, the vehicle would miss that target date by four to six months.

"But that doesn't mean that's wh ere we're going to end up," he added. "We're doing things to pull it back in." Boeing, the prime contractor for the core stage, is taking a number of steps to recover some of that schedule by rearranging the flow of activities. However, he warned there's also the possibility of "unknown unknowns" that could add new delays to the vehicle's schedule.

The critical path for SLS, he said, is completing the engine section, mating it to the rest of the core stage and performing tests, including a "green run" static fire test of the core stage's four RS-25 engine planned for next year at the Stennis Space Center.

One of the reasons for past SLS delays, he noted during the panel, was problems with welding elements of the core stage. Shuttle tanks were welded in the horizontal position, he explained, but NASA developed a vertical welding system for SLS, believing it would be more efficient. "It turned out to be a lot more challenging that we thought," he said during the panel. "The team worked through it, but it just took a little longer than we anticipated."

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http://www.rocket.com/article/orion-jettison-motor-ready-crew-escape-system-test

Orion Jettison Motor Ready for Crew Escape System Test

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne recently passed a key milestone in preparation for the Ascent Abort Test (AA-2) next year with the successful casting of the Jettison Motor for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft's Launch Abort System (LAS).

AA-2 is a full-stress test of NASA's Orion LAS, which includes the Jettison Motor built by Aerojet Rocketdyne. The Orion Jettison Motor is used to separate the LAS fr om Orion as it makes its way to space and is the only motor on the escape system to activate in all mission scenarios.

In the unlikely event of an emergency on the launch pad or during ascent, the LAS would activate within milliseconds to whisk Orion and its astronaut crew to safety. Once Orion reaches a safe distance from the rocket, the Orion Jettison Motor would ignite to separate the LAS structure from the spacecraft, which could then deploy its parachutes for a safe landing.

During the AA-2 test, a solid rocket booster will launch a fully functional LAS and an Orion test vehicle to an altitude of 31,000 feet at Mach 1.3 (over 1,000 mph) to test out the functionality of the LAS system prior to flying humans. The Jettison Motor will fire last in the test sequence.

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"Every time our engineers work on products supporting the Orion spacecraft or the Space Launch System rocket, they have astronaut safety front and center of mind," said Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen Drake. "The AA-2 test is a critical step to testing the Launch Abort System and our Jettison Motor and ensuring our astronauts always return home safely to their families."

The Orion Jettison Motor, which generates 40,000 pounds of thrust, uses a propellant that is poured into a motor casing, wh ere it cures over a period of several days to form a solid, stable cast that burns in a precisely controlled fashion.

The AA-2 Jettison Motor casting took place at Aerojet Rocketdyne's motor production facility in Sacramento, California. The completed motor will now be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for integration with the LAS by Lockheed Martin.

"The casting of the Orion Jettison Motor marks a critical step as we prepare for the first integrated flight of SLS and Orion to test the systems that will be used to take astronauts to the vicinity of the Moon and to other exciting destinations," added Drake.

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), is an innovative company delivering solutions that create value for its customers in the aerospace and defense markets. The company is a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader that provides propulsion and energetics to the space, missile defense and strategic systems, tactical systems and armaments areas, in support of domestic and international markets. Additional information about Aerojet Rocketdyne can be obtained by visiting our websites at www.Rocket.com and www.AerojetRocketdyne.com.

Aerojet Rocketdyne technicians inspect the Jettison Motor for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft's Launch Abort System (LAS) at its facility in Sacramento, Calif.


The Jettison Motor built by Aerojet Rocketdyne for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft's Launch Abort System (LAS) that will be tested during the Ascent Abort Test (AA-2) next year.

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Orion Spacecraft ретвитнул(а)

Brian Anderson‏ @brianpanderson 12 июл.

We had a successful @NASA_Orion parachute test this morning! High dynamic pressure on drogues and mains. Only one more left and we're finished with qualification air drop tests!
#ilovemyjob #parachutes

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Shaking Orion's solar wings

European Space Agency, ESA

Опубликовано: 17 июл. 2018 г.

Testing the solar wings of the European service module that will provide power, water, air and electricity to NASA's Orion Moon module.

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https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/team-powers-on-aa-2-orion-module-preps-for-flight-test-simulation

July 17, 2018

Team Powers On AA-2 Orion Module, Preps for Flight Test Simulation



The team of engineers outfitting the Orion test article for Ascent Abort-2 have had a busy summer. Since the arrival of the empty capsule in March, the team at Johnson Space Center in Houston has outfitted the mock crew module with all the components it needs for flight and powered it on for the first time the week of July 8.

Powering on the vehicle is a big milestone toward the flight test and ensures the crew module works in an integrated fashion. Powering up Orion is a lot more complicated that simply flipping on a switch. The multi-day, incremental process began with teams applying power to the power distribution unit to ensure all the pins in the unit have the right voltages. One by one, additional systems were connected and powered to ensure that the vehicle is healthy and providing the right data. Engineers have positioned all of the core avionics, outfitted the data instrumentation, and routed and clamped almost 11 miles of harnessing inside Orion.

Ascent Abort-2 is a full-stress test of Orion's Launch Abort System (LAS) planned for April 2019. It is the only remaining flight test of the active LAS before flying crew on Orion beginning with Exploration Mission-2, and it is essential for a system designed to carry humans to the Moon and beyond. The system is built to propel Orion and its crew to a safe distance away fr om the Space Launch System rocket if an emergency arises during launch.

Now that the power-on activity is complete, engineers are moving right into simulating the flight test, including ground support milestones, the prelaunch countdown and flight profile, followed by testing to verify that the vehicle will perform as expected. Upon completion of testing, technicians will have a few mechanical elements to finish integrating before the crew module is rolled on its side to verify its weight and center of gravity, both of which have to be the same as the Orion that will send crew to deep space to ensure the April flight test provides accurate data for a mission abort scenario.

The spacecraft will soon be shipped to Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, wh ere it will undergo several weeks of acoustics testing. It will return to Johnson in the September timeframe for integration with the separation ring that connectsthe crew module to its booster, and then transported to the Kennedy Space Center for integration with the booster for launch. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz.

Last Updated: July 17, 2018
Editor: Melanie Whiting

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Тест приводов главного двигателя Ориона

https://orionesm.airbusdefenceandspace.com/blog/orion-esm-engine-dancing-the-hula/

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https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/orion-parachutes-chalk-up-another-test-success-in-arizona

July 18, 2018

Orion Parachutes Chalk Up Another Test Success in Arizona



The parachute system for Orion, America's spacecraft that will carry humans to deep space, deployed as planned after being dropped from an altitude of 6.6 miles on July 12, at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona. Data from the successful seventh drop in a series of eight qualification tests will help NASA engineers certify Orion's parachutes for missions with astronauts.

This was the final test using a special dart-shaped test article. The last test in the series, scheduled for September, will use a capsule-shaped test article representative of the spacecraft NASA will use on Orion's upcoming missions, including the first crewed mission, Exploration Mission-2.

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To demonstrate the system's robustness, this test evaluated parachute deployment under conditions that exceeded the requirements for a system carrying crew. Engineers dropped the dart-shaped test article from an altitude that allowed it to generate enough speed to simulate almost twice as much force on the main chutes as would be expected under normal conditions. Orion's full parachute system includes 11 parachutes — three forward-bay cover parachutes, two drogue parachutes, three pilot parachutes, and three main parachutes that will reduce the capsule's speed after reentry in support of a safe landing in the ocean.

When deployed, each of Orion's three main parachutes expands to 116 feet in diameter and contains enough fabric to cover 80 yards of a football field, but is carried aboard Orion in containers the size of a large suitcase. For storage, the parachutes are compacted with hydraulic presses at forces of up to 80,000 pounds, baked for two days and vacuumed sealed. Once packed, they have a density of about 40 pounds per cubic foot, which is roughly the same as wood from an oak tree.

Credit: NASA

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Last Updated: July 18, 2018
Editor: Melanie Whiting

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2018/07/20/aeroshells-prepped-for-vital-orion-launch-abort-system-test/

Aeroshells Prepped for Vital Orion Launch Abort System Test

James Cawley
Posted Jul 20, 2018 at 12:26 pm


The third and final aeroshell, at left, for Orion's Launch Abort System (LAS) is in High Bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 12, 2018, at Kennedy Space Center after its arrival from EMF Inc. on nearby Merritt Island.

The third and final aeroshell, at left, for Orion's Launch Abort System (LAS) is in High Bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 12, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after its arrival from EMF Inc. on nearby Merritt Island. In the photo above, technicians prepare the aeroshell to be lifted off of the flatbed truck and transferred to slats. All three aeroshells will be stacked and prepared for a full-stress test of the LAS, called Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test, scheduled for April 2019.

During the test, a booster will launch from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying a fully functional LAS and a 22,000-pound Orion test vehicle to an altitude of 31,000 feet and traveling at more than 1,000 miles per hour. The test will verify the LAS can steer the crew module and astronauts aboard to safety in the event of an issue with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket when the spacecraft is under the highest aerodynamic loads it will experience during a rapid climb into space.

NASA's Orion is being prepared for its first integrated uncrewed flight atop the SLS on Exploration Mission-1.

Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

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Successful Parachute Test for Orion on This Week @NASA – July 20, 2018

NASA

Опубликовано: 20 июл. 2018 г.

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Additive Mfg Media‏ @AddMfgMedia 20 июл.

Six #3Dprinted parts lock together to form this ring on @NASA_Orion's docking hatch. An electro-static dissipative (ESD) filament from @Stratasys enables these parts to dissipate charges, reducing the risk of sparks that could damage equipment: https://www.additivemanufacturing.media/blog/post/orion-gets-a-lift-from-electro-static-dissipative-esd-material ...

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Mark Kirasich‏ @MarkKirasich 26 июл.

Congratulations to the @LockheedMartin team at Michoud Assembly Facility for completing welding on the Orion crew module which will carry @NASA_Astronauts beyond the Moon!