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<\/font>**ARES I \/ ORION LIVE UPDATE PAGES**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n **ARES V \/ Mars Transport Vehicle (MTV) LIVE UPDATE PAGES**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/font><\/em> <\/p>\n Plans by Constellation for the 600ft high towers that will protect Ares I from lightning strikes, and a presentation to NASA\u2019s PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) relating to the Hubble LON (Launch On Need) role, show the attention surrounding Pad 39B only intensified after its \u2018final\u2019 launch, carried out in December 2006 with STS-116. <\/font><\/p>\n The decision to approve the final servicing mission to Hubble was not as cut-and-dry a decision as first thought, with the rescue\/LON requirement playing a major role in reducing the risk factor \u2013 documented as a 15 percent reduction in \u2018risk\u2019 \u2013 which satisfied NASA Safety enough to give their blessing for the mission to go ahead.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This, the fifth mission to Hubble, will also be the Atlantis\u2019 first \u2013 and last \u2013 visit to the space telescope, after Hubble was launched by Discovery. Previous HSMs have been carried out by Endeavour, December 1993, Discovery, February 1997, Discovery, December 1999 and Columbia, March 2002. <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n The rescue mission is different to any of the other LON flights, due to Atlantis\u2019 trip into space being the only flight on the remaining shuttle manifest not to have the \u2018safe haven\u2019 of the International Space Station (ISS). Even in \u2018lifeboat\u2019 mode, a rescue orbiter has to reach the stricken craft within a few weeks, meaning the launch would also require accelerating in the flow. <\/font><\/p>\n While a \u2018P-t-P\u2019 (Pad to Pad) option was available, the turnaround was too tight to be viable, leading to NASA deciding to hold back the full handover date of Pad 39B to Constellation until after the stand-down was giving during STS-125. Previously, Constellation were set to get their hands on 39B on April 1 of this year. <\/font><\/p>\n Pad 39B will not be used for payload integration, given Discovery\u2019s supporting rescue roll would not require any payload for the emergency launch, which allows the pad to undergo a level of Constellation related modifications, so long as they do not interfere with the launch aspects required for Discovery to launch a rescue mission. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018Constellation modifications for Pad B implemented prior to HST LON will be conducted on a non-interference basis with Shuttle operations and not affect Shuttle flight safety,\u2019 as noted by the 31 page PRCB presentation.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Such work will include a major change to the appearance of the Pad 39B complex, the construction of three 600ft high Lightning Protection System Towers.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Construction of these towers is expected to start this year, rising out of the ground as huge pylons, with five levels for worker access \u2013 the highest being Level E at 482ft \u2013 rising yet further to a total height of 594ft. Access to the five levels can be reached by stairs or via the \u2018man lift\u2019 that travels up the side of the tower. <\/font><\/p>\n Along with the towers \u2013 which it has been proposed will be named after Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia \u2013 will be nine large downconducters, placed around the complex, which will be anchor points for the massive cables that will stretch across the lightning towers. Foundation work will be the first element of construction to begin, leading to 12 areas of the complex that will undergo major engineering work.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This work is not specifically required ahead of the 2009 test flight of Ares 1-X (1-X being the new name for the Ares I-1 flight. The second test flight is now renamed to Ares I-Y.). For the test flight, NASA will simply add a longer lightning mast on top of 39B to protect the test vehicle. <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Meanwhile, shuttle operations on Pad 39B will undergo improvements, with the five areas identified as required to be carried out prior to Discovery\u2019s arrival at the pad, these include:<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018Inspect & Repair Pad B Sound Suppression Water Tank. Inspect and repair corrosion. Previous refurbishment of Pad A tank experience indicates condition of Pad B tank could require extensive repair. Pad B tank has not been inspected since 1995. Inspection results expected in April\/May timeframe.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n <\/font>\u2018Repair Pad B Main Flame Deflector. Prevent degeneration of refractory concrete and associated FOD by inspecting, patch repairing and performing spot corrosion control. \u2018FSS\/RSS Refurbishment. Perform spot corrosion control on hammerhead crane machine room and support structure \u2013 remove corroded items where feasible. Restore Pad B Concrete Slopes. Perform surface and joint sealing only.\u2019<\/font><\/p>\n Work on Pad 39B, for the LON flight alone, is expected to cost around $20m, as NASA aim to have the pad in perfect working order, in the highly unlikely and undesired event of having to launch Discovery to rescue to the crew of Atlantis.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/font> <\/i><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/font>L2 Resources For Ares I, V and Constellation: DAC-1C DDD Vast Slides on Vehicle Design. ATK First Stage Presentation. 39B Lightning Towers Slides. <\/font>Orion Launch Abort System (LAS) overview presentation \u2013 Jan 16. Major changes to Ares I Upper Stage \u2013 expansive details and data. Ares I\/Orion CxP 72031 Requirements Validation Matrix Information. Saturn Twang Test Video for use with Ares I-1R. CLV Umbilical Trade Matrix XLS. <\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vehicle interfaces for the DAC 1C version of Orion Ares \u2013 Jan 3. Ares I-1R Test Flight Plan (full outline) Presentation. Ares I-1 timeline and modification expanded info. Ares I troubleshooting latest. Ares I Reference Trajectory. Boeing\u2019s STS to Ares \u2013 Lessons Learned Presentation. Latest Ares I and Ares V baseline Configuration image and data. CLV DAC-1C (Changes to CLV Upper Stage). <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Ares I-1: Four Seg+Dummy \u2018Tuna Can\u2019 stage. Ascent Developmental Flight Test Presentation. CLV Pad 39B Handover Info and Latest. New images of CLV on top of new MLP and LUT. Lockheed Martin CEV\/Orion Updates. Constellation news updates. ATK figures on the 5-Seg Booster weight for CLV. CEV-CLV Design Analysis Cycle Review (DAC-2) Presentation. Constellation SRR updates. CLV Stick \u2013 Troubleshooting\/Alternatives\/Updates. New CEV Images (include abort mode). Flight Design and Dynamics Division CEV update. CLV Mono-propellant RCS system. CEV pressurisation system review. CLV\/CEV Configuration Images. The 2\u00d73 Seg SRB Crew Launch Vehicle Option Presentation\u2026plus more.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/i><\/em><\/p>\n <\/i><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n <\/em> **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/em><\/font> <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n <\/em><\/font> NASA managers are continuing to build their roadmap for Pad 39B\u2019s transition to Ares, in tandem with keeping the pad available to host one final shuttle, a shuttle they hope they\u2019ll never have to launch. Work will be conducted \u2013 including the construction of three giant lightning towers \u2013 around the pad for Ares, prior […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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As outlined in the March 2007 presentation (available on L2), the plan is for the LON orbiter (Discovery) to rollover to High Bay 3 and then out to Pad 39B first. Discovery would sit on the pad while Atlantis was stacked in the opposite High Bay, for rollout two weeks after Discovery. After the stand-down of the LON requirement was giving during STS-125, Discovery would then be transported from Pad B to Pad A and prepared for her primary mission, STS-126.<\/font><\/p>\n
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<\/font>**Ride home through the fire and plasma of re-entry with Atlantis on STS-115 \u2013 And now also with Discovery on STS-116 \u2013 TWO Stunning high quality 2hr, 355mb videos \u2013 from deorbit burn to post landing**<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n
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DAC-1C Departure points to DAC-2 Upper Stage Graphcs (Many Changes). Orion\/CEV Display Layout Presentation (40 pages) \u2013 Feb 5. ATK figures on the 5-Seg Booster weight for CLV \u2013 Feb 2. Weather Shield (Rain Shield) for Orion on the pad \u2013 Feb 1. New Super hi-res images of Ares I \u2013 Feb 1. ATK Cutaway graphics of Ares I \u2013 perspective and axonometric \u2013 Feb 1. Ares I\/Orion CxP 72031 Requirements Validation Matrix Information. CEV Paracute Assembly System (CPAS) Presentation. <\/font><\/p>\n
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