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it was a busy third quarter for nasa's

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exploration systems division

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the first liquid hydrogen tank barrel

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segment for the core stage of america's

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new deep space launch vehicle was

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recently completed at the vertical weld

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center at nasa's machu assembly facility

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in new orleans

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the segment is considered a confidence

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barrel segment because it validates that

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the vertical weld center is working the

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way it should

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when all segments are complete the 212

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foot course stage will be assembled in

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the vertical assembly center now under

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in august a 31 inch scale model of the

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sls core stage b2 test stand was

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successfully tested in a wind tunnel

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the actual b-2 test stand located at

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nasa's stennis space center in

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mississippi was originally built to test

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saturn rocket stages

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the stand is being renovated to enable

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testing of the sls core stage

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the core stage with four rs-25 rocket

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engines will be installed on the b2

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stand for propellant fill and drain

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testing and two hot fire tests in late

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in august the largest 3d printed rocket

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engine component ever built by nasa an

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injector was tested during an engine

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firing that generated a record 20 000

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pounds of thrust

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3d printed parts have the potential to

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drastically reduce the time and cost of

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producing future flight engine

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in september the orion stage adapter

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diaphragm arrived at the marshall space

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flight center to undergo pressurized

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testing before being integrated with the

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spacecraft's stage adapter certifying it

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for flight conditions

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the component is an integral part of the

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stage adapter that will connect orion to

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a delta iv heavy rocket for nasa's

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the diaphragm a lightweight composite

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structure serves as a barrier between

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and the spacecraft preventing hydrogen

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gas buildup from the rocket beneath the

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at the kennedy space center in florida

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one of the launch pads at launch complex

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39 is undergoing extensive upgrades to

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support the agency's 21st century space

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launch objectives

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a new universal flame deflector entrench

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will be completed in early 2015

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and will support the new space launch

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system rocket and possibly a variety of

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for more than a year nasa's crawler

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transporter ct2 has been undergoing a

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major tune-up in ksc's vehicle assembly

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the crawler modifications are designed

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to enable the vehicle to transport

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heavier launch vehicles including sls to

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the pad

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once the roller bearing work on half the

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crawler is completed it will be prepared

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for a test roll out scheduled for

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january 2014

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after traveling

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3600 miles above the earth during the

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exploration flight test 1 mission in

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september 2014

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orion will splash down on the pacific

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ocean where it will be recovered with

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the help of the united states navy

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in august with the navy's uss arlington

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stationed against its pier in virginia

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divers in small boats led the test

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capsule to the flooded well deck of the

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with the capsule in position over the

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recovery cradle the water drained until

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the capsule settled

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navy divers prepared for the recovery

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test in norfolk by training in the 6.2

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in july the orion team successfully

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conducted the parachute test vehicle ptv

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5 airdrop test at the u.s army's yuma

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proving ground

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seventeen parachutes were deployed

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nine were test technique related and

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eight were the orion system parachutes

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at the operations in checkout building

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high bay at the kennedy space center the

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orion team completed hundreds of welds

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and installations for the spacecraft's

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propulsion life support and

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at the johnson space center in houston

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nasa administrator charles bolden

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welcomed eight new astronaut candidates

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this group will be among those who may

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carry out the first ever human missions

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to an asteroid and onto mars

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in october recorded orion telemetry was

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successfully transmitted between the

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mission control center in houston and

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the white sands communication facility

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white sands will be used during the

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eft-1 flight to receive and re-transmit

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the orion spacecraft telemetry

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in late september nasa astronauts rick

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linehan and mike foreman tried out a

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prototype display and control system

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inside an orion spacecraft mockup at

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johnson space center during an orion

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ascent simulation

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over the course of two weeks ten crews

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of two astronauts each performed launch

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and abort simulations inside the orion