NASA has selected The Boeing Company of Huntsville, Ala., as the prime contractor to produce, deliver and install avionics systems for the Ares I rocket that will launch the Orion crew exploration vehicle into orbit.
The selection is the final major contract award for Ares I. The award resulted from a full and open competition. The Ares I launch vehicle is a key component of the Constellation Program, which will send humans to the moon by 2020 to set up a lunar outpost.
The avionics are the "brains" of the Ares I and will provide guidance, navigation and control for the rocket until it reaches orbit. The avionics system is responsible for managing vehicle health and reporting it to flight controllers based on a sequence of timed events, such as engine shutdown and first stage separation.
The Ares I first stage will be a five-segment solid rocket booster. The upper, second stage of the rocket will consist of a J-2X liquid-oxygen, liquid-hydrogen main engine, a new upper stage fuel tank, and the instrument unit avionics. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Ares Project for NASA's Constellation Program, based at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
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The selection is the final major contract award for Ares I. The award resulted from a full and open competition. The Ares I launch vehicle is a key component of the Constellation Program, which will send humans to the moon by 2020 to set up a lunar outpost.
The avionics are the "brains" of the Ares I and will provide guidance, navigation and control for the rocket until it reaches orbit. The avionics system is responsible for managing vehicle health and reporting it to flight controllers based on a sequence of timed events, such as engine shutdown and first stage separation.
The Ares I first stage will be a five-segment solid rocket booster. The upper, second stage of the rocket will consist of a J-2X liquid-oxygen, liquid-hydrogen main engine, a new upper stage fuel tank, and the instrument unit avionics. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Ares Project for NASA's Constellation Program, based at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
more about NASA's Constellation Program.
check out J2's WEB PORTAL
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