ORION CREW VEHICLE

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ORION CREW VEHICLE

• By
• Daryl McCormick

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OVERVIEW

• CURRENT VECHICLE (SHUTTLE)
• ARES LAUNCH VEHICLES
• ORION CREW VEHICLE
• PROS/CONS OF ORION vs SHUTTLE

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CURRENT VEHICLE

• First Flight 1980
• Composed of 3 Parts
• Solid Rocket Boosters
• External Fuel Tank
• Orbiter
• Equipped to Dock w/ISS

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ARES LAUNCH VEHICLES

• Ares 1-Medium Lift
• Ares V-Heavy Lift
• Both Vehicles Capable of Carrying Orion Crew
  Vehicle
• Both Use Derivatives of SRBs From Space Shuttle.
  Ares V Borrows Much of Its Booster Core From
  Atlas EELV
• Both Vehicles Capable of Lunar and Mars Mission
  Sorties

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ORION CREW VEHICLE

• Orion Will Succeed the Space Shuttle as NASAs
  Primary Vehicle for Human Space Flight
• First Flight Planned for 2014
• First Flight to the Moon 2020
• Lockheed Martin Awarded the Contract

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ORION CREW VEHICLE CONT

• Very Similar to Apollo-Era Capsules
• Larger and More Advanced Than Previous Capsules,
  Capable of Carrying 6 Crew Members
• New Advanced Life Support System
• New Launch Abort System to Jettison Crew to
  Safety in the Event of a Launch Mishap
• Can Be Launched From Ares I/V

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ORION CREW VEHICLE CONT

• Orion Will Be Used for Next Lunar Mission as well
  as First Mars Mission
• Capable of Docking w/ISS
• Capable of Parking Large Payloads in Orbit to
  Rendezvous With at Later Times
• Safest and Most Reliable for Earth Re-Entry from
  the Moon or Mars

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PROS/CONS OF ORION

• PROS Launch Abort System and Conical Shape
  (Safe Re-Entry) Will Make Orion Safer Than Space
  Shuttle
• CONS Orion Will Not Have Range of Maneuvering
  Capability Space Shuttle Does

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SUMMARY

• CURRENT VEHICLE (SHUTTLE
• ARES LAUNCH VEHICLES
• ORION CREW VEHICLE
• PROS/CONS OF ORION vs SHUTTLE

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QUESTIONS?

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SOURCES

• http//www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/or
  ion/index.html
• http//www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ar
  es/aresI.html
• http//www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/vehicle/
  index.html