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...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 8, 2008 | Ares
At the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2008, held in Glasgow, Scotland last week NASA’s Ares V integration manager Stephen Creech gave a briefing on the 3 October about the new heavy lift rocket, Ares V cargo launch vehicle Tomorrow I will post a...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 7, 2008 | Ares
At the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2008, held in Glasgow, Scotland, last week NASA’s deputy mission manager for its Ares I-X test flight Stephan (pronounced Stephen not Stef-an) Davis gave a briefing on the work underway to fly the representative...
by Rob Coppinger | Sep 5, 2008 | Ares
On 5 August NASA released a pre-solicitation synopsis for a Request for Proposal (RFP) for its Ares [I crew launch vehicle solid rocket booster (SRB) first-stage] electric thrust vector control (TVC) prototype risk reduction system requirement – more easily...
by Rob Coppinger | Aug 14, 2008 | Ares
The Ares V Earth departure stage (EDS), Altair lunar lander adaptor, visible in this picture has been a cause of concern for NASA because of the extra mass it could represent NASA’s own documentation states that “Given the fact that the EDS/Lander...