Ares IX Status July 30 2009 www nasa

Ares I-X Status July 30, 2009 www. nasa. gov

Ares I-X Flight Test Overview Ares I-X is a Constellation Program developmental flight test for the Ares I project • There are five primary flight test objectives – P 1 through P 5 • Ares I-X is an un-crewed suborbital test ~150, 000 feet P 2) Perform in-flight separation/staging ~130, 000 feet P 5) Characterize integrated vehicle roll torque P 1) Demonstrate controllability Flight Test Profile National Aeronautics and Space Administration Vehicle Height: Weight at Ignition: Max. Acceleration: Max. Speed: 327 feet 1. 8 M-lbm 2. 5 g Mach 4. 8 P 4) Demonstrate first stage entry dynamics and post staging sequencing of events (e. g. employ booster tumble motors and deploy parachutes) Upper Stage/ Crew Module/ Launch Abort System Simulator free fall into ocean First Stage recovery P 3) Demonstrate assembly and recovery of an Ares I similar first stage 2

Orion Crew Module/ Launch Abort System (CM/LAS) Simulator 4/09 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 6/09 3

Upper Stage Simulator (USS) 7/09 6/09 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 4

Roll Control System (Ro. CS) 4/09 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 5

First Stage 7/09 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 7/09

Avionics 7/09 5/09 7/09 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 7

Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) Operations artist concept 5/09 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 8

Modal Testing 5/09 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 9

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