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» Inside KSC launches this month |
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Inside KSC.com Launches - July 16, 2008
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» Introduction to InsideKSC.com |
Good day and welcome aboard InsideKSC.com, your portal to the operations and activities at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, located at Merritt Island and Cape Canaveral, Florida!
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» Work Continues on Ares 1-X Aft Skirt |
 In the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the aft skirt for the Ares 1-X rocket has been lowered onto another stand.
The segment is being moved onto a machine shop work stand for drilling modifications. The modifications will prepare it for the installation of the auxiliary power unit controller, the reduced-rate gyro unit, the booster decelerator motors and the booster tumble motors. Ares I is an in-line, two-stage rocket that will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle to low-Earth orbit. Ares I-X is a test rocket.
The Ares I first stage will be a five-segment solid rocket booster based on the four-segment design used for the shuttle. Ares I’s fifth booster segment allows the launch vehicle to lift more weight and reach a higher altitude before the first stage separates from the upper stage, which ignites in midflight to propel the Orion spacecraft to Earth orbit.
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» Ares Lightning Towers Under Construction At Launch Pad 39B |
 With the backdrop of a blue sky and the blue Atlantic Ocean, workers are constructing the lightning towers on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
In the background, at left, is the liquid hydrogen tank that helps fuel a space shuttle for launch. Each of the three new lightning towers will be 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire centenary system. This improved lightning protection system also allows for the taller height of the Ares I compared to the space shuttle.
Pad B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including Ares I-X which is scheduled for April 2009, as part of the Constellation Program.
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» Discovery's Robotic Arm Installed For STS-119 |
 In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, workers ensure space shuttle Discovery's robotic arm is placed correctly for installation in the payload bay.
Scheduled to launch on the STS-119 mission, Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the International Space Station.
The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory.
A launch date has been set for February 12, 2009 from Launch pad 39-A.
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 Shuttle Crew to Visit NASA Headquarters, Available for Interviews |
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Jul 08, 2008 - 4:00 PM - by The Update Manager
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WASHINGTON -- One month after the landing of space shuttle Discovery, NASA Headquarters in Washington is preparing to welcome the astronauts of the STS-124 crew, which wrapped up a mission to the International Space Station on June 14.
The STS-124 crew members will share mission highlights with NASA employees, their families and reporters at NASA Headquarters' James E. Webb Auditorium, 300 E. Street, S.W., on Tuesday, July 15, at 1 p.m. EDT. The crew's presentation will air live on... [Read More]
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NASA sets 10-launch countdown |
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Jul 08, 2008 - 4:46 AM - by The Update Manager
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NASA unveiled a new launch schedule Monday that calls for eight shuttle missions in 2009 and 2010 and a total of 10 before the nation's shuttle fleet is retired at the end of the decade.
NASA's final shuttle flight is to blast off from Kennedy Space Center on May 31, 2010 -- four months before a Sept. 30, 2010 deadline set by President Bush in 2004.
The extra padding in the schedule will give NASA a small amount of flexibility to deal with any technical or severe weather problems... [Read More]
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