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Ares
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Upper
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Upper
Stage Simulator (USS) Integration and Launch at Kennedy
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Upper
Stage Simulator (USS) Manufacturing at Glenn Research
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Upper
Stage Simulator (USS) Integration and Launch at Kennedy
Space Center
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Transportation
of Upper Stage Simulator (USS) Hardware
Glenn Research Center
(GRC) Internal and from GRC to Kennedy
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Ares
Manufacturing Facility
Beta Stand US-2 Segment
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Ares
Manufacturing Facility
Gamma Stand US-3
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Ares
I-X Upper Stage Simulator
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Product Team Upper Stage Simulator
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Building
on a Foundation of Proven Technologies
Launch Vehicle
Comparisons
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Ares I–X Flight Test
Scheduled for 2009, Ares I–X is planned
to be the first test flight of the Ares I vehicle. The test flight
objectives are focused on first-stage flight dynamics, controllability,
and separation of the first and upper stages. The Ares I–X
flight will consist of a functional booster stage and an upper stage
mass simulator, which has the same mass as the actual upper stage.
By flying the vehicle through the first stage, the test flight will
also verify the performance and dynamics of the shuttle’s
solid rocket booster in “single stick” arrangement.
(The usual shuttle configuration is two rocket boosters with one
external fuel tank.)
In supporting this test flight, Glenn is responsible for the design,
fabrication, and testing of various components of the upper stage
mass simulator, spacecraft adapter, service module, and interstage
(the lower part of the upper stage that separates from the booster).
This flight hardware will be built in-house and tested at Glenn facilities. Read
more...
You can view the video here
Contact at NASA Glenn Research Center
Manager, Ares I-X GRC Elements: Vincent
J. Bilardo
Space Flight Systems Directorate / Launch
Systems Project Office
216-433-3931
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Time-lapse of Ares 1-X Construction Work
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Time-lapse of Ares
1-X Construction Work
(.mov)
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Ares 1-X Construction Work Area (north view
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Ares 1-X Construction Work Area (north view
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Ares 1-X Construction Work
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Ares 1-X Construction
Work Area (south view 1) |
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Ares 1-X Construction
Work Area (south view 2) |
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Ares 1-X Construction
Work Area (south view 3) |
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Ares 1-X Construction
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