Ares I-X Status Report

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Aug. 4, 2009

Amber Philman
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
amber.n.philman@nasa.gov

STATUS REPORT: ARES-I-X-080409

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
Last week's milestones include:
- Super Stack 1 lift and mate to the RSRM on MLP 1 in Vehicle Assembly 
Building High Bay 3 (VAB HB3)
- Electrical instrumentation testing 

Next processing milestones: 
- Super Stack 2 lift and mate to Super Stack 1 on MLP 1 in VAB HB3 
- Ballasts, or weights, will be placed into Super Stack 2
- Super Stack 3 lift and mate to Super Stack 2 on MLP 1 in VAB HB3 

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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