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Updates Orion (MPCV) Updates and Discussion
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Prophetic, were quite close
Crew Transfer Vehicule - Pegase - v2.1 Author: well & no matter
Author's Website
But, what if it was'nt a coincidence
Just FYI...
That mod is for Orbiter 2006, Not 2010!!! :facepalm:
Prophetic, were quite close
Crew Transfer Vehicule - Pegase - v2.1 Author: well & no matter
Author's Website
That mod is for Orbiter 2006, Not 2010!!! :facepalm:
PhantomCruiser
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And? I'm pretty sure the CTV still works in Orbiter '10.
@Orb, I could open the link to the news article, but it wouldn't let me read it unless I was a subscriber... What is their reasoning behind waiting for an abort test?
@Orb, I could open the link to the news article, but it wouldn't let me read it unless I was a subscriber... What is their reasoning behind waiting for an abort test?
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CTV works very well in 2010P1, but HUD messages appear only in D3D7 client.
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Ah, second verse, same as the first.
Can be better understood as "No bucks, no Buck Rogers".
Can be better understood as "No bucks, no Buck Rogers".
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NASA News Release:
AmericaSpace: Upward and Forward: Orion Gains New Support, Tests Parachute Failure
Science Daily: NASA's Orion Lands Safely On Two of Three Parachutes in Test
- CONTRACT RELEASE : C13-010 - NASA Awards Program Integration Contract for Orion
- RELEASE : 13-048 - NASA'S Orion Lands Safely on Two of Three Parachutes in Test
AmericaSpace: Upward and Forward: Orion Gains New Support, Tests Parachute Failure
Science Daily: NASA's Orion Lands Safely On Two of Three Parachutes in Test
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NASASpaceflight: NASA sign up US Navy for opening three Orion splashdowns
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Here's the latest development video:
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NASA:
Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult
May 2, 2013
A test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft safely landed during a simulation of two types of parachute failures Wednesday.
In the test, conducted in Yuma, Ariz., the mock capsule was traveling about 250 mph when the parachutes were deployed. That is the highest speed the craft has experienced as part of the test series designed to certify Orion's parachute system for carrying humans.
Engineers rigged one of the test capsule's two drogue parachutes not to deploy and one of its three main parachutes to skip its first stage of inflation after being extracted from a plane 25,000 feet above the Arizona desert. Drogue parachutes are used to slow and reorient Orion while the main parachutes inflate in three stages to gradually slow the capsule further as it descends.
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A model of NASA’s Orion spacecraft is loaded into the C-17 airplane that then dropped it from an altitude of 25,000 feet above the Arizona desert.
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A model of NASA’s Orion spacecraft is poised to be dropped from a C-17 airplane 25,000 feet above the Arizona dessert to test its parachute system.
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To test the Orion parachute system, engineers rigged one of the test capsule’s three main parachutes – the middle parachute in this view – to skip one stage of its inflation, putting additional stress on the vehicle as it opened.
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A model of NASA’s Orion spacecraft glides to a successful touchdown during a test of its parachute system on Wednesday, May 1.
The failure scenario, one of the most difficult simulated so far, will provide data engineers need for human rating the parachute system.
"The tests continue to become more challenging, and the parachute system is proving the design's redundancy and reliability," said Chris Johnson, NASA's project manager for the Orion parachute assembly system. "Testing helps us gain confidence and balance risk to ensure the safety of our crew."
Orion has the largest parachute system ever built for a human-rated spacecraft. The canopies of the three main parachutes can cover almost an entire football field. After reentering Earth's atmosphere, astronauts will use the parachutes to slow the spacecraft for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Testing irregularities allows engineers to verify the parachutes are reliable even when something goes wrong. The tests provide information to refine models used to build the system and Orion. Changes to the design and materials used in Orion's parachute system already have been made based on previous tests. Other government or commercial spacecraft using a similar parachute system also can benefit from the work done to validate Orion.
"Parachute deployment is inherently chaotic and not easily predictable," said Stu McClung, Orion's landing and recovery system manager. "Gravity never takes any time off -- there's no timeout. The end result can be very unforgiving. That's why we test. If we have problems with the system, we want to know about them now."
Orion's next Earth-based parachute test is scheduled for July, when the test capsule will be released from 35,000 feet, a higher altitude than ever before. The first test of the parachutes after traveling in space will be during Exploration Flight Test-1 in 2014, when an uncrewed Orion will be return from 3,600 miles above Earth's surface. The spacecraft will be traveling at about 340 mph when the parachutes deploy.
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NASA News Release: RELEASE : 13-129 - Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult
Aviation Week: Orion Parachute System Tested Through Induced Failures
AmericaSpace: NASA Conducts Failure Tests of Orion Parachutes
Parabolic Arc: Orion Passes Difficult Parachute Test
Phys.org Success continues as NASA's Orion parachute tests get more difficult
Space Travel: Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult
Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult
May 2, 2013
A test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft safely landed during a simulation of two types of parachute failures Wednesday.
In the test, conducted in Yuma, Ariz., the mock capsule was traveling about 250 mph when the parachutes were deployed. That is the highest speed the craft has experienced as part of the test series designed to certify Orion's parachute system for carrying humans.
Engineers rigged one of the test capsule's two drogue parachutes not to deploy and one of its three main parachutes to skip its first stage of inflation after being extracted from a plane 25,000 feet above the Arizona desert. Drogue parachutes are used to slow and reorient Orion while the main parachutes inflate in three stages to gradually slow the capsule further as it descends.
The failure scenario, one of the most difficult simulated so far, will provide data engineers need for human rating the parachute system.
"The tests continue to become more challenging, and the parachute system is proving the design's redundancy and reliability," said Chris Johnson, NASA's project manager for the Orion parachute assembly system. "Testing helps us gain confidence and balance risk to ensure the safety of our crew."
Orion has the largest parachute system ever built for a human-rated spacecraft. The canopies of the three main parachutes can cover almost an entire football field. After reentering Earth's atmosphere, astronauts will use the parachutes to slow the spacecraft for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Testing irregularities allows engineers to verify the parachutes are reliable even when something goes wrong. The tests provide information to refine models used to build the system and Orion. Changes to the design and materials used in Orion's parachute system already have been made based on previous tests. Other government or commercial spacecraft using a similar parachute system also can benefit from the work done to validate Orion.
"Parachute deployment is inherently chaotic and not easily predictable," said Stu McClung, Orion's landing and recovery system manager. "Gravity never takes any time off -- there's no timeout. The end result can be very unforgiving. That's why we test. If we have problems with the system, we want to know about them now."
Orion's next Earth-based parachute test is scheduled for July, when the test capsule will be released from 35,000 feet, a higher altitude than ever before. The first test of the parachutes after traveling in space will be during Exploration Flight Test-1 in 2014, when an uncrewed Orion will be return from 3,600 miles above Earth's surface. The spacecraft will be traveling at about 340 mph when the parachutes deploy.
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NASA News Release: RELEASE : 13-129 - Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult
Aviation Week: Orion Parachute System Tested Through Induced Failures
AmericaSpace: NASA Conducts Failure Tests of Orion Parachutes
Parabolic Arc: Orion Passes Difficult Parachute Test
Phys.org Success continues as NASA's Orion parachute tests get more difficult
Space Travel: Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult
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NASA:
Astronauts Practice Launching in NASA’s New Orion Spacecraft
Sept 26, 2013
NASA astronauts recently experienced what it will be like to launch into space aboard the new Orion spacecraft during the first ascent simulations since the space shuttles and their simulators were retired.
Ascent simulations are precise rehearsals of the steps a spacecraft’s crew will be responsible for – including things that could go wrong – during their climb into space. They can be generic and apply to any future deep space mission, or very specific to a launch that’s been planned down to the second. For now, Orion’s simulations fall into the first category, but practicing now helps ensure the team will have the systems perfected for the astronauts in any future mission scenario.
"Simulations like these provide valuable experience by giving astronauts and our operations team an early look at what going to deep space in Orion will be like," said Lee Morin, an astronaut and supervisor of Johnson’s rapid prototyping laboratory, who has been working on the Orion displays. "Rehearsing launch and ascent--two of the most challenging parts of Orion's mission -- also gives us an opportunity to work toward optimizing how the crew interacts with the spacecraft."
Designing a spacecraft’s cockpit for ease of use and efficiency is no easy task. Each space shuttle had 10 display screens, more than 1,200 switches, dials and gauges, plus hundreds of pounds of procedures printed on paper. Orion, which is designed for deep-space exploration and autonomous or piloted rendezvous and docking, will use new technology to distill all of that down to just three computer screens, each the size of a sheet of paper.
“It sounds promising and saves a lot of weight, but designing it is challenging,” said Jeff Fox, the Orion crew systems integration lead. “We don’t want the crew to have to search through a lot of dropdown menus when they need to quickly access key systems and information.”
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Astronauts Rick Linnehan and Mike Foreman try out a prototype display and control system inside an Orion spacecraft mockup at Johnson Space Center during the first ascent and abort simulations for the program.
It will take about eight minutes for Orion to get from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center to the altitude where the rocket’s main engines will cut off, the milestone that marks the spacecraft’s arrival in space. In that time, if everything goes as planned, the commander and pilot will have few actions to perform; if anything goes wrong, that quickly changes, and the crew must be able to quickly access all the relevant procedures and displays they need.
The Orion team has been working to develop ideas on how to make that possible, and has developed a working prototype that’s been installed in a life-sized Orion mockup at Johnson Space Center. But no one is better able to judge how well it works than an astronaut.
“No one knows how to fly Orion yet – the hardware doesn’t exist yet in some cases,” Morin said. “But these crews have a lot of flight experience and a lot of test flight experience. They can help us design the displays and build a better product.”
Over the course of two weeks, 10 crews of two astronauts apiece performed two normal launch simulations and two launch abort simulations inside the Orion mockup. As they made their way through the various actions they were called on to perform, engineers took careful notes of every comment they made and question they asked. That data will be evaluated as engineers continue to fine-tune the design and build requirements for the displays and controls.
In a few months, the same crews will come back and try a new and improved version, and the process will repeat itself as Orion’s mission requirements evolve and the vehicle design is refined. In the end, the engineers and astronauts will rest assured that the system will work exactly as it should. Orion’s data and software will be made available to NASA’s commercial partners for use in vehicles being built to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Although the final product will be different because the vehicles travel to unique destinations, NASA’s partners can choose to use it and build off of Orion’s foundation.
“It’s very rewarding work, knowing the displays we are creating and testing now will be what future astronauts will be looking at as they rendezvous with an asteroid, orbit the moon, and even travel to Mars,” Morin said. “Getting this right is key to making Orion and other future vehicles safer and easier to use.”
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Astronauts Practice Launching in NASA’s New Orion Spacecraft
Sept 26, 2013
NASA astronauts recently experienced what it will be like to launch into space aboard the new Orion spacecraft during the first ascent simulations since the space shuttles and their simulators were retired.
Ascent simulations are precise rehearsals of the steps a spacecraft’s crew will be responsible for – including things that could go wrong – during their climb into space. They can be generic and apply to any future deep space mission, or very specific to a launch that’s been planned down to the second. For now, Orion’s simulations fall into the first category, but practicing now helps ensure the team will have the systems perfected for the astronauts in any future mission scenario.
"Simulations like these provide valuable experience by giving astronauts and our operations team an early look at what going to deep space in Orion will be like," said Lee Morin, an astronaut and supervisor of Johnson’s rapid prototyping laboratory, who has been working on the Orion displays. "Rehearsing launch and ascent--two of the most challenging parts of Orion's mission -- also gives us an opportunity to work toward optimizing how the crew interacts with the spacecraft."
Designing a spacecraft’s cockpit for ease of use and efficiency is no easy task. Each space shuttle had 10 display screens, more than 1,200 switches, dials and gauges, plus hundreds of pounds of procedures printed on paper. Orion, which is designed for deep-space exploration and autonomous or piloted rendezvous and docking, will use new technology to distill all of that down to just three computer screens, each the size of a sheet of paper.
“It sounds promising and saves a lot of weight, but designing it is challenging,” said Jeff Fox, the Orion crew systems integration lead. “We don’t want the crew to have to search through a lot of dropdown menus when they need to quickly access key systems and information.”
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Astronauts Rick Linnehan and Mike Foreman try out a prototype display and control system inside an Orion spacecraft mockup at Johnson Space Center during the first ascent and abort simulations for the program.Image Credit: NASA
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Astronauts Rick Linnehan and Mike Foreman work with simulation instructor Juan Garriga (center) to prepare for their first ascent simulation inside a mockup of NASA’s new Orion spacecraft at Johnson Space Center.Image Credit: NASA
It will take about eight minutes for Orion to get from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center to the altitude where the rocket’s main engines will cut off, the milestone that marks the spacecraft’s arrival in space. In that time, if everything goes as planned, the commander and pilot will have few actions to perform; if anything goes wrong, that quickly changes, and the crew must be able to quickly access all the relevant procedures and displays they need.
The Orion team has been working to develop ideas on how to make that possible, and has developed a working prototype that’s been installed in a life-sized Orion mockup at Johnson Space Center. But no one is better able to judge how well it works than an astronaut.
“No one knows how to fly Orion yet – the hardware doesn’t exist yet in some cases,” Morin said. “But these crews have a lot of flight experience and a lot of test flight experience. They can help us design the displays and build a better product.”
Over the course of two weeks, 10 crews of two astronauts apiece performed two normal launch simulations and two launch abort simulations inside the Orion mockup. As they made their way through the various actions they were called on to perform, engineers took careful notes of every comment they made and question they asked. That data will be evaluated as engineers continue to fine-tune the design and build requirements for the displays and controls.
In a few months, the same crews will come back and try a new and improved version, and the process will repeat itself as Orion’s mission requirements evolve and the vehicle design is refined. In the end, the engineers and astronauts will rest assured that the system will work exactly as it should. Orion’s data and software will be made available to NASA’s commercial partners for use in vehicles being built to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Although the final product will be different because the vehicles travel to unique destinations, NASA’s partners can choose to use it and build off of Orion’s foundation.
“It’s very rewarding work, knowing the displays we are creating and testing now will be what future astronauts will be looking at as they rendezvous with an asteroid, orbit the moon, and even travel to Mars,” Morin said. “Getting this right is key to making Orion and other future vehicles safer and easier to use.”
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They should market that drop test procedure as a fairground ride of some sort! (I'm half joking.)
It would be the most overpriced water ride in existence though...
It would be the most overpriced water ride in existence though...
