Extended Abstract (40K)8.4
Defining the Natural Atmospheric Environment Requirements for the NASA Constellation Program
Barry C. Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and F. B. Leahy
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration began developing a new vehicle under the Constellation Program to replace the Space Shuttle. The Ares-I launch vehicle and the Orion capsule will be used to ferry crew and some payloads to the International Space Station and will also be used for new missions to the moon. As development of this new vehicle begins, the Natural Environments Branch at Marshall Space Flight Center has been tasked with defining the natural environments the vehicle will encounter and working with the program to develop natural environmental requirements for the vehicles' elements. An overview of the structure of the program is given, along with a description of the Constellation Design Specification for Natural Environments and the Constellation Natural Environments Definition for Design documents and how they apply to the Ares-I and Orion vehicles.
Session 8, Range
Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, 226-227
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