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Ares I-X Flight Data Evaluation: Executive OverviewNASA's Constellation Program (CxP) successfully launched the Ares I-X flight test vehicle on October 28, 2009. The Ares I-X flight was a developmental flight test to demonstrate that this very large, long, and slender vehicle could be controlled successfully. The flight offered a unique opportunity for early engineering data to influence the design and development of the Ares I crew launch vehicle. As the primary customer for flight data from the Ares I-X mission, the Ares Projects Office (APO) established a set of 33 flight evaluation tasks to correlate flight results with prospective design assumptions and models. The flight evaluation tasks used Ares I-X data to partially validate tools and methodologies in technical disciplines that will ultimately influence the design and development of Ares I and future launch vehicles. Included within these tasks were direct comparisons of flight data with preflight predictions and post-flight assessments utilizing models and processes being applied to design and develop Ares I. The benefits of early development flight testing were made evident by results from these flight evaluation tasks. This overview provides summary information from assessment of the Ares I-X flight test data and represents a small subset of the detailed technical results. The Ares Projects Office published a 1,600-plus-page detailed technical report that documents the full set of results. This detailed report is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and is available in the Ares Projects Office archives files.
Document ID
20110010226
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Huebner, Lawrence D. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Waits, David A. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Lewis, Donny L. (Jacobs Technologies Engineering Science Contract Group Huntsville, AL, United States)
Richards, James S. (Bangham Engineering, Inc. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Coates, R. H., Jr. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Cruit, Wendy D. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Bolte, Elizabeth J. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Bangham, Michal E. (Bangham Engineering, Inc. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Askins, Bruce R. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Trausch, Ann N. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 2011
Subject Category
Launch Vehicles And Launch Operations
Report/Patent Number
APO-1096
M11-0284
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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