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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 Initial testing of the parachute recovery system for the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle\u2019s first stage booster had been going to plan before the failure, which is believed to have occurred last week. Further evaluations on all parachute systems will continue over the next two years.<\/font><\/p>\n Further information gained on the failure on Feb. 9 points to <\/font>riser connecting the parachute to the DTV failed, which is not part of the booster system.<\/font><\/p>\n The test was a full scale prototype pilot parachute, dropped from a C-130 at 17000 feet. The parachute is in reusable condition despite the high forces it experienced.<\/font><\/p>\n Some of the remains of the DTV were found 14 feet below the surface, with additional excavation equipment en route to the scene to aid the recovery process. The accident was filmed on video \u2013 which will be a key element for the investigation team, as per information acquired by this site\u2019s L2 section.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The pilot parachute, measuring approximately 11.5 feet in diameter, is packed and mounted inside the 1,500-pound DTV, which measures approximately 12 inches in diameter and 12 feet long. It is lifted into the air below a helicopter. <\/p>\n The tests involve an Army UH-1 Huey helicopter and a CH-47 Chinook helicopter being used to lift the DTV above the test range, before releasing it from an elevation of 10,000 feet.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n After release, the pilot parachute is deployed, with a second parachute used to slow the vehicle down to protect instruments that measured the rate of descent.<\/font><\/p>\n On Ares I, the pilot parachute would deploy, before it releases the 65-foot diameter drogue parachute, which is used to manoeuvre the booster into a vertical position and slow its descent. Once the booster is slowed, a cluster of three main parachutes, each 150 feet in diameter, is deployed. The main parachutes continue to slow the booster to splashdown.<\/font><\/p>\n The pilot, drogue and main parachutes for the Ares I recovery system are larger and stronger than those used for the space shuttle boosters. This is because the more powerful \u2013 and much heavier \u2013 Ares I five-segment booster falls faster from a much higher altitude after separation from the launch vehicle. Fears related to the recovery of the five seg booster were recently dismissed by Constellation managers.<\/font><\/p>\n The schedule for the parachute tests are as follows: Jan-Mar \u201907. Drogue drop tests: Mar-Nov \u201907. Single Main drop tests: May-Oct \u201907. Cluster drop tests: Nov \u201907 \u2013 Apr \u201908. Pad Abort-1: Jan \u201909. Ascent Abort-1: May \u201909.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/i><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/font>L2 Resources For Ares I, V and Constellation: <\/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> An investigation team has been assembled at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) following a failure that occurred on the third Parachute Drop Test (PDT) at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. The incident, which destroyed the Drop Test Vehicle (DTV), happened during a drop test of the pilot parachute on top of the DTV, which […]<\/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-41804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41804"}],"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=41804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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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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