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2014 is off to an amazing start as nasa

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rockets towards this year's launch of

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the orion program began the year with

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several major milestones

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the service module was completely

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finished in january at kennedy space

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center in florida

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the service module is the part of the

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spacecraft that contains all of the

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structural elements spacecraft adapter

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payload fairings and crew module

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separation systems the eft-1 capsule

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needs to conduct its high-altitude

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in february the completed service module

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was stress tested for the final time

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the structural loads test proved that

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the vehicle will endure the physical

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stresses of its upcoming flight

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after the test the service module was

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a test of the forward bay cover and

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parachute system was successfully passed

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in january at the yuma proving ground in

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arizona

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after the orion mock-up was dropped from

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a plane the forward bay cover separated

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from the capsule allowing the parachutes

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to release as the crew module descended

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the capsule parachutes and forward bay

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cover were recovered and subjected to

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additional testing in the following

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months

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in february the delta mariner delivered

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two of the core and starboard boosters

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for the delta iv heavy rocket

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after the boosters go through stringent

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testing and processing in the horizontal

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integration facility they will roll out

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to launch complex 37 for eft ones

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launched later this year

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a full-scale mock-up of the orion

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capsule was delivered to langley

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research center in march

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the mock-up will be used to perform a

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variety of static and impact tests to

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evaluate various water landing scenarios

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in a wide array of different conditions

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at nasa's kennedy space center in

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florida upgrades and modernization of

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the multi-payload processing facility

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continue as the building is readied for

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orion processing support

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by april of next year the mppf will have

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updated structural elements like

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environmental control systems high bay

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doors and emergency systems

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the facility is also upgrading

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spacecraft preparation elements such as

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fuel and breathable gas systems time

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critical installation equipment and

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ground support equipment storage

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in january the crawler transporter 2

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completed a test drive on new traction

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roller bearings in two of its truck

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sections

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the new roller bearings are one of

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several upgrades to the crawler

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transporter which will carry the

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significantly heavier space launch

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system out to launch pad 39b

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the other two truck sections of the

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crawler transporter will also receive

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new roller bearings and complete a

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follow-up test drive in november

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in february nasa and the navy tested

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procedures to be used during orion

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recovery operations

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after launch and re-entry simulations

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the forward bay cover and parachutes

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were successfully retrieved from rough

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waters off the california coast

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the ocean turbulence in the well deck of

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the recovery ship made it difficult to

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secure the orion test article

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the challenges experienced during this

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test reinforced the necessity of

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the circumferential dome weld tool

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produced a second liquid oxygen tank

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confidence article at the machu assembly

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facility

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the confidence tank verified that the

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weld tool is capable of producing the

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core stage tank up to the exacting

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standards the space launch system will

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a composite cryotank for liquid hydrogen

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was also produced and delivered to

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marshall space flight center aboard

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nasa's super guppy cargo plane in march

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the advanced composite cryo tank which

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could benefit many of nasa's deep space

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exploration spacecraft will undergo a

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series of structural pressure tests

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later this year

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a scale model of the sls was used in

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acoustic testing to see what effects

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high and low frequency sound waves will

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the model's core stage fired for five

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seconds while an array of microphones

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collected the acoustic data

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a full assembly test with the scale

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rocket motors will be conducted later

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in march nasa administrator charles

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bolden visited marshall after the

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software integration team powered up the

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flight avionics which includes hardware

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software and operating systems for space

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launch system

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known as first light the flight

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computers of the sls simulated the

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flight path the vehicle will experience

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nasa's exploration systems development

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division is flying through production

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testing and launch as 2014 promises to