Taking Exploration Beyond LEO. Larry Price Orion Deputy Program Manager October 2009

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1 Taking Exploration Beyond LEO Safely Larry Price Orion Deputy Program Manager October

2 4000 Orion Team Members Nationwide Nevada Arcata Associates Utah Utah State University Washington Corsair Safeware Engineering Wisconsin Strohwig Indiana Major Tool Kansas Benecor, Inc. Ames California Aerojet Alejo Engineering, Inc. ATA Engineering, Inc. ATK Hi Shear JFA Avionics Systems Midcom Specialty Devices, Inc. Stellar Solutions, Inc CA Dryden NV National Aeronautics and Space Administration Nebraska General Dynamics ATP Minnesota Goodrich Sensor Systems JPL WA AZ UT Arizona Honeywell General Dynamics AIS Paragon Space Development Corp Colorado Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Advanced Solutions Inc. Ball Aerospace Cullimore& Ring Technologies, Inc. Deep Space Systems Denver Research Institute Eagle Aerospace NM LM CO White Sands NE TX KS Texas United Space Alliance Lockheed Martin Draper Cimarron GHG Corporation MEI Technologies MRI Technologies Odyssey Research (UT El Paso) Johnson 2 MN LM EMA Glass Parametric ISYS Technologies Instar Miller Technology Group Red Canyon MO LA Orion Project Management WI Marshall MS AL Stennis LM Louisiana IN Lockheed Martin Missouri Eagle Pichers SEAKR Engineering Syzygyx TTJ&B Inc VTT New York Alliance Space Systems Glenn OH Mississippi Stennis FL PA VA Kennedy NH NY MA CT MD Connecticut Hamilton SunstrandSpace Systems International Ensign Bickford Aerospace & Defense Pioneer Yardney Technical Products Maryland Lockheed Martin Jackson & Tull Emergent Space Goddard Langley Massachusetts Textron Pennsylvania Teletronics Corp Virginia Orbital Sciences Corporation Alion Ohio University of Dayton Sierra Lobo Florida Brevard Canvas and Marine Productivity Apex New Hampshire Haigh-Farr Alabama Infinity Technologies 2

3 Young Professionals on Orion Team = 35% 3

4 Launch Abort System Test Firings 4

5 Landing & Recovery Tests Human Factors Crew Evaluations Parachute Drop Tests Post-Landing Orion Recovery Tests 5

6 Exploration Development Labs 6

7 Operations & Checkout Facility 7

8 Solar Array Deployment Test 8

9 Orion Ground Test Article 9

10 Alternative Missions for Orion Large ISS Payload Missions Secondary Payload Missions Service Module Delivers large payload to ISS Stable Earth Observation Platform Secondary Payload Deployment Alpha-Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) 10

11 Alternative Missions for Orion Science Missions Satellite Servicing Missions Crewed visit to Asteroid Hubble Servicing / Deorbit Micro Gravity Experiment Satellite Servicing 11

12 Questions & Answers Images and content in this presentation provided courtesy of NASA, Aerojet & ATK 12

13 NASA s Plan for Space Exploration Safely fly the Space Shuttle and complete the International Space Station Develop and fly the Orion crew exploration vehicle no later than 2015 Return to the moon Promote international and commercial participation in exploration 13

14 A New Era in Space Exploration Apollo Moon as a destination point Three person crew two on the moon Three-day mission Equatorial region landing only Constellation Moon as an outpost and stepping stone to Mars Four person crew four on the moon Six-month mission No limits on landing sites, including polar regions Greater operational capacity and science potential 14

15 Components of the Constellation Program Earth Departure Stage Ares 5 Cargo Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Ares 1 Crew Launch Vehicle Altair Lunar Lander 15

16 NASA Orion Team Ames Research Center Lead Thermal Protection System ADP Aero-Aerothermal database Software and GN&C support Yuma Proving Grounds Parachute Testing White Sands Missile Range Abort System Flight Test Plum Brook Station Environmental Qualification test Glenn Research Center Lead Service Module and Spacecraft Adapter integration Flight Test Article Pathfinder fabrication SE&I Support Goddard Space Flight Center Communications Support Dryden Flight Research Center Lead Abort Flight Test Integ/Ops Abort Test Booster procurement Flight Test Article Devt/Integ Jet Propulsion Laboratory Thermal Protection System support Orion Project Office Johnson Space Center Lead Crew Module integration Orion Spacecraft Integration GFE projects management Flight Test Program Marshall Space Flight Center Launch Abort System and Service Module SE&I Support Langley Research Center Lead Launch Abort System integration Lead landing system ADP SE&I Support Kennedy Space Center Production Management Ground processing Launch operations Recovery operations 16

17 Orion Lockheed Martin Industry Team Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Systems & Design Engineering Support Lockheed Martin Glenn Research Center Service Module Liaison Office Hamilton Sundstrand Environmental Control & Life Support Active Thermal Control System Power Management Aerojet Orbital Launch Abort System Safety & Mission Assurance Propulsion Lockheed Martin Langley Research Center Launch Abort System Liaison Office Honeywell Avionics Integrated System Health Management Crew Interface Mission Ground Operations Support Lockheed Martin Johnson Space Center Program Management Systems Integration Crew Module Development Service Module Development Qualification Test Software Development Lockheed Martin Michoud Crew and Service Module Structures Lockheed Martin Kennedy Space Center Final Assembly Checkout Acceptance Test Sustaining Engineering Spacecraft Refurbishment United Space Alliance Operator Interfaces Ground Processing Mission Flight Planning Software Development 17

18 Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Crew Module Crew and cargo transport Spacecraft Adapter Structural transition to Ares launch vehicle Launch Abort System Emergency escape during launch Service Module Propulsion, electrical power, fluids storage 18

19 Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Orion will support Space Station and Lunar Missions Designed to operate for up to 210 days in Earth or lunar orbit Separate crew and service modules Vehicle designed for 4 crewmember lunar missions Could be upgraded to accommodate up to 6 crew Deliver pressurized and unpressurized cargo to space station 19

20 Support to the International Space Station Transport 4 crew on Orion for crew rotation 210 day stay time Emergency lifeboat for entire ISS crew Deliver cargo for ISS resupply 20

21 Lunar Mission 21

22 Development Milestones Hardware Fully Integrated Modal Test Completed White Sands Launch Complex Prepared for First Flight Test First Friction Stir Weld Test on Orion Ground Test Article Jettison & Abort Motors Arrive at White Sands Missile Range Facilities Exploration Development Labs Michoud Engineering Development Center KSC Operations & Checkout Facility Plum Brook Vibro-Acoustic Test Facility All in Preparation for Orion s First Test Flight Pad Abort 1 22

23 Progress Towards Pad Abort 1 Flight Test Scheduled for 2010 Orion s Launch Abort System provides an emergency escape system for the crew The Launch Abort System demonstrates: First in-flight of the solid rocket motors, a coordinated operation Parachute landing system Successful pathfinder for Orion system integration and ground operations procedures 23

24 Lockheed Martin Investment Lab Locations Lockheed Martin - Denver Space Systems Company Lockheed Martin Arlington, VA Honeywell - Arizona Lockheed Martin Kennedy Space Center Lockheed Martin - Houston Johnson Space Center 24

25 Abort Motor Test Firing 25

26 Attitude Control Motor Test 26

27 Crew Module Flight Test Article 27

28 White Sands Orion Launch Complex 28

29 Orion In Flight 29

30 Benefits of Space Exploration Promotes innovation leading to new jobs, markets and technologies Improves quality of life on Earth Inspires future generations of scientists, engineers and explorers Addresses fundamental questions about the solar system, the universe, and our place in them Strengthens existing and creates new global partnerships Tremendous return on investment for less than 1% of Federal budget 30