Ares I-X Test Flight
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Liftoff!
Oct 28, 2009 01:03:03 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- After shrugging off some delays due to clouds, Ares I-X has lifted off into the Florida sky and done what it was designed to do.
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Triboelectrification Questions? Try This.
Oct 28, 2009 11:24:44 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- An earlier blog post attempted to answer questions about triboelectrification. Since there are still a few questions floating around we're reposting it for those who missed it on the first go-round.
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Why a Four-Hour Launch Window?
Oct 28, 2009 09:07:04 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- One question that comes up a lot is why Ares I-X has a four-hour launch window. After all, unlike the Space Shuttle, it doesn’t have to rendezvous with the Space Station, so what’s the challenge? Actually, there are several.
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Whatever Happened to the Five-Hole Probe?
Oct 28, 2009 08:45:51 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- Remember that probe on the top of the rocket? It’s still being watched carefully today, and not just because of its hard-to-remove cover.
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Not Today
Oct 27, 2009 11:30:34 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- Well, the weather didn’t cooperate with us today. Winds and clouds we’re outside of our allowable limits, so we’re packing it in and we’ll try again tomorrow. Launch window opens at 8:00 EDT on Oct. 28 and continues through until noon.
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When is a Rocket Launch Like a Soap Opera?
Oct 27, 2009 10:27:51 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- Drama can take many forms. A good drama has suspense, sudden pitfalls, unexpected turns, and emotional intensity. You don’t need to go to the movies for that. Today, you can just turn on NASA TV and watch the challenges experienced by the Ares I-X flight test.
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The Pointy End of the Rocket
Oct 27, 2009 09:09:59 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- There’s a running joke around NASA that the most important thing about rocket travel is that “the pointy end goes up.” That seems simple enough—and that’s what we expect Ares I-X to do today.
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The Pulse of the Public
Oct 27, 2009 08:10:26 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- The NASAEdge team is interviewing spectators at the Ares I-X launch site to take the pulse of the public and ask them what they think of the launch. Here are some of the answers they’ve gotten so far.
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One on One and Another on the Other
Oct 27, 2009 07:25:29 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- The transition from the Space Shuttle was brought home visually when Atlantis rolled out to Launch Complex 39A. With the current generation of human space vehicles on one launch pad and a test vehicle on the next, the agency is looking toward the future.
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Following Ares I-X on Launch Day
Oct 27, 2009 05:53:17 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- New missions and new technologies offer NASA new ways to communicate with the public. In addition to providing press releases and press conferences, NASA will be using the internet to share the Ares I-X story with the public.
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Ares I-X Fun Facts
Oct 26, 2009 03:42:13 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- With our first launch attempt only hours away now, it seems like a great opportunity to give a download of Ares I-X facts and figures. Enjoy.
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The View from Hangar AE
Oct 25, 2009 04:30:52 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- The team completed the final dress rehearsal of the Ares I-X launch yesterday—the launch countdown simulation certification run. It was the last time the launch team will have to practice their procedures before the launch on Tuesday.
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GO For Launch on October 27th
Oct 23, 2009 05:41:25 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- The unanimous verdict of the FTRR Board: Ares I-X is ready to fly October 27!
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Flight Readiness Review
Oct 23, 2009 12:35:10 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- The top agency brass has assembled together today at Kennedy Space Center here in Florida for a meeting called the Flight Test Readiness Review. It is, as you might have guessed, a review to determine whether we are ready to launch the rocket.
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Time-lapse Rollout Video
Oct 23, 2009 11:50:59 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- If the still images weren't enough for you, check out the time-lapse footage of the rollout to the launch pad.
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Working our Way Down the Final Checklist
Oct 22, 2009 12:56:15 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- The Ares I-X team is still hard at work going through a last set of tests and making final preparations for launch. On the docket today is the Integrated Systems Test or IST.
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On Its Way
Oct 20, 2009 04:22:24 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- Rollout is underway! The rocket started moving at 1:39 am EDT. When it cleared the threshold of the huge Vehicle Assembly Building the Xenon lights lit it up.
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Next Up...Roll Out
Oct 19, 2009 03:30:46 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- So we’re right down to it now. The team is busy making final preparations before the huge door on the Vehicle Assembly Building rolls up and the rocket inches its way out and down the 4.2-mile track to launch pad 39B.
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The Ultimate Parachute Test
Oct 15, 2009 08:16:07 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- How do you stop a 200,000-pound solid rocket motor from ending up at the bottom on the Atlantic Ocean? With the biggest, strongest rocket parachutes ever built of course!
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How to Stack a Rocket
Sep 15, 2009 05:46:10 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- Watch 10 months of hard work...stuffed into 5 minutes and 45 seconds!
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Practice Makes Perfect
Sep 09, 2009 12:46:24 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- The Ares I-X Launch Team spent the day in the firing room preparing for the upcoming launch.
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Rock-a-bye Rocket
Sep 02, 2009 02:53:15 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- The Ares I-X rocket is now stacked, but there's still a lot of work to be done before it rolls to the pad.
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Really Taking Shape Now
Jul 31, 2009 04:02:46 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- Yesterday, yet another portion of the Ares I-X rocket was stacked on the Mobile Launch Platform in Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building.
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Vibrations and Loads
Jul 14, 2009 02:32:47 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- It may be pretty obvious, but it's worth noting that one of the main purposes of a flight test is to do a little trailblazing.
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Supersize Me!
Jul 09, 2009 06:56:11 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- The Ares I-X Super Stack 1 assembly is now complete with the mating (stacking) of the forward assembly to the fifth segment simulator.
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Ares I-X: Let the Stacking Begin...
Jul 07, 2009 03:01:26 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- Stacking is set to begin for the Ares I-X vehicle on Wednesday, July 8 in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.
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Update from the Mate Review
Jul 02, 2009 07:16:44 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- Ares I-X Mission Manager, Bob Ess shares some thoughts from this week's Mate Review
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Cone to Link Upper Stage on its Way
Jun 11, 2009 05:04:44 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- The forward assembly, affectionately known as the snow cone, was rolled out of the Assembly Refurbishment Facility this morning.
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Ares I-X Aft Skirt on the Move
Jun 08, 2009 02:05:13 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- With 300 employees looking on, the Ares I-X aft skirt rolled out of the Assembly Refurbishment Facility at KSC.
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Checking Out Hardware at the VAB
May 12, 2009 05:10:44 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- Two days before the STS-125 launch, the Ares I-X team escorted an overflowing busload of media on an Ares I-X tour.
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Getting Locked and Loaded and Ready to Roll
May 01, 2009 09:35:40 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- The second of the two roll control system modules for Ares I-X was installed into the rocket's interstage this week at Kennedy Space Center.
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The Brains of the Operation
Apr 28, 2009 05:29:25 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- The Ares I-X avionics system is known as the "brains of the operation". Last week the first stage avionics were installed in the third, or aft, piece of the fifth segment simulator in the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC.
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Aft Skirt Hot Fire Test…Check!
Apr 27, 2009 11:23:09 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- Today, Ares I-X passed another significant milestone when engineers and technicians successfully completed an aft skirt hot fire test.
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Meet ... Sarah.
Mar 05, 2009 11:23:34 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- We have a lot of talented and interesting people working on the Ares I-X mission...like Sarah.
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Tuna Cans at Kennedy?
Feb 23, 2009 07:43:16 PM | Dan Kanigan
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- Hey, that's not a space shuttle! That's an Ares vehicle being stacked at KSC...
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Forward Skirt Separation Test
Jan 30, 2009 09:35:58 AM | Dan Kanigan
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- NASA successfully tests the forward skirt extension for the Arex I-X rocket.
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