The first flight of NASA’s new exploration-classlaunch vehicle, the Space Launch System (SLS), will test amyriad of systems designed to enable the next generation of deepspace human spaceflight, and launch from Kennedy SpaceCenter no earlier than December 2019. The initial Block 1configuration for EM-1 will be capable of lofting at least 70metric tons (t) of payload and send the Orion crew vehicle intoa distant retrograde lunar orbit, paving the way for future crewmissions to cislunar space and eventually Mars. A Block 1Bversion of SLS will lift at least 34 t to trans-lunar injection (TLI)in its crew configuration and at least 37 t to TLI in its cargoconfiguration no earlier than 2024. For Mars-class payloads,larger fairings and payload adapters for the Block 2 cargovehicle are under consideration. For missions beyond the Earth-Moon system, SLS offers greater characteristic energy (C3)than any other launch vehicle, enabling shorter transit times orheavier payloads with more robust science packages formissions to the outer solar system. Indeed, the unmatchedcombination of thrust, payload volume and departure energythat SLS provides opens new opportunities for human androbotic exploration of deep space.


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    Titel :

    Enhanced Feasibility Assessment of Payload Adapters for NASA’s Space Launch System


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2019 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2019-03-02


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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