[FPSPACE] FW: Ares I-X Status Report

[LARRY KLAES]

> From: ksc at newsletters.nasa.gov
> To: ksc at newsletters.nasa.gov
> Date: 
> Subject: Ares I-X Status Report
> 
> Aug. 7, 2009
> 
> Amber Philman
> Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
> 321-867-2468
> amber.n.philman at nasa.gov
> 
> STATUS REPORT: ARES-I-X-080709
> 
> ARES I-X STATUS REPORT
> 
> Launch Vehicle: Ares I-X 
> Launch Date: Oct. 31, pending final NASA Headquarters approval 
> Launch Pad: 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 
> 
> 
> Ares I-X Flight Hardware
> This week's milestones include:
> - Super Stack 2 was lifted and mated to Super Stack 1 on MLP 1 in VAB 
> HB3 
> - Ballasts, or weights, were placed into Super Stack 2
> - Super Stack 3 lift and mate to Super Stack 2 on MLP 1 in VAB HB3 
> 
> Next processing milestones: 
> - Super Stack 4 lift and mate to Super Stack 3 on MLP 1 in VAB HB3
> - Super Stack 5 lift and mate to Super Stack 4 on MLP 1 in VAB HB3, 
> completing the stacking of the rocket 
> 
> Ares I-X Ground Support Equipment 
> - At Launch Pad 39B, modifications are ongoing.
> 
> The Ares I-X flight test will provide NASA an early opportunity to 
> check and prove hardware, analysis and modeling methods, and 
> facilities and ground operations needed to develop the Ares I, which 
> is NASA's next crew launch vehicle. The test also will allow NASA to 
> gather critical data during the ascent of the integrated stack, which 
> will help inform the design of the Ares I rocket and the Orion crew 
> exploration vehicle. The data will ensure the entire vehicle system 
> is safe and fully operational before astronauts begin traveling in it 
> to the International Space Station and moon.
> 
> For more information about the Ares I-X flight test, visit:
> 
> http://www.nasa.gov/ares 
> 
> Previous status reports are available at:
> 
> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/moonandmars/status/index.html 
> 
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