Commercial Crew and Cargo Program

13th Annual FAA Commercial

Space Transportation Conference
Arlington, VA
February 11,2010

Alan Lindenmoyer
Program Manager
Commercial Crew & Cargo Program
Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Johnson Space Center
SpaceX COTS System

Dragon
Description and Features: Cargo Capsule

● Falcon 9 Medium Class Launch Vehicle

● Dragon Crew/Cargo Spacecraft
Dragon Crew
● Recoverable launch vehicle and spacecraft
● Cape Canaveral LC-40 Launch Site Falcon 9
Rocket
● ISS Flight Demonstrations: 2010
Dragon
Crew Capsule
● NASA Investment (Cargo): $278 M
Dragon Cargo

SpaceX Launch Site at Cape SLC 40

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Orbital COTS System

Pressurized Cargo Module

Description & Features: with Cygnus Service Module

● Taurus II Launch Vehicle – derivative of

Taurus I with Aerojet AJ-26 engines (2) &
Castor 30 2nd stage
● Cygnus Service Module used for all missions
– derived from STAR™ & Dawn spacecrafts
● Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM):
Heritage - ISS MPLM Taurus II Rocket

● Wallops Flight Facility Launch Site

Unpressurized Cargo Module
● ISS Flight Demonstration: March 2011 (w/ Service Module)
COTS Visiting Vehicle
Wallops Flight Facility (WFF)
● NASA Investment (Cargo): $170 M
& Payload Processing
Launch Site & Key Facilities
Horizontal Integration
Facility (HIF) Site

Bldg H-100
(WFF Main Base)
Virginia Eastern Shore
Pad 0B 794’
Bldg H-100
(7 Miles)
Bldg H-100
Pad 0A

Launch Pad 0A

Pad 0A Taurus-II
Atlantic Ocean Launch Site

Taurus II MARS/Wallops Launch Site

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 Paragon CCDev Project
ECLSS Human Rating Facility
• Developing Commercial Crew Transport-Air
Revitalization System (CCT-ARS)
• Carbon dioxide control and removal
• Humidity control and removal
• Trace contaminant control
• Post-fire atmospheric recovery
• Airborne particulate filtration
• Cabin air circulation
• Cabin air cooling
• Matures concept
• Requirements development with input from
Smoke and BYPASS
BYPASS
Particulate Sink

CO2 Sink potential vehicle providers

•
Trace Contaminates

Smoke and
Particulate Filter
Design through System PDR level
• Manufacture an Engineering Development Unit
O2 +N2

H2O Vapor
Particulate
CO2

Trace Contaminate
and test in their EHF
• NASA investment $1.44M
Control System CO2 Removal
(TCCS)

7 Crew in
cabin
Crew
BYPASS

Consumed
O2 H2O
Water Sink
Removal
Contaminant
O2 (ambient, Sink
earth supplied)

Energy Heat Removal

Blower
Energy

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Blue Origin CCDev Project
• System concept is bi-conic space vehicle launched
on Atlas V 402
• Matures Pusher Escape System
• Conduct TVC ground testing
• Matures Composite Pressure Vessel
• Manufacture structural test article of a suborbital capsule as
a subscale demonstrator for the orbital Space Vehicle
• Over-pressurize the test article to failure
• Repair the test article and conduct a drop test
• NASA investment $3.7M

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 RCS
Boeing CCDev Project
• Commercial Crew Transportation System concept:
Service
Module Crew Hatch • Flexible crewed vehicle concept with maximum of seven crew
Radiators • Light-weight design compatible with Atlas, Delta, and Falcon 9
(4)
• Integrated operations & crew training center
• Matures system architecture and design through SDR
SM RCS
and demonstrates key technologies and capabilities
Thrusters
(24)
Crew Module
(CM)
via 9 tasks
Radiator
s (4) CM Thrusters • SDR
(14) Star Tracker
(2) • Abort System Hardware Demonstration
CM-SM
Umbilical • Base Heat Shield Fabrication Demonstration
Base Heat • Avionics Systems Integration Facility Demonstration
Shield
• CM Pressure Vessel Fabrication Demonstration
Crew
Window • Landing System Demonstration
• Life Support Demonstration
Thruster
Doghouse • AR&D Integrated GNC Demonstration
(4)
• Crew Module Mockup Demonstration
Partners & Subs
• NASA investment $18M
Bigelow Aerospace
Aerojet
Airborne Systems
ATK
Spincraft

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 SNC CCDev Project
• Commercial Space Transportaiton System
based on NASA HL-20 launched on Atlas V
• Requirements definition for Dream Chaser
systems design & major subsystems
• Build & Test Spacecraft Primary Structure
• Integrated Loads Definition & CFD
• Main Propulsion Motor Build & Test
• RCS Thruster Prototype Build & Test
• Develop Atmospheric and Orbital GN&C
architecture
• Flight Algorithms & Software Assurance Plan
• TPS Trades
• Atlas V Integration analysis
• Wind Tunnel Model Build
Partners & Subs • NASA investment $20M
Boeing Draper Lab
ULA Aerojet
AdamWorks MDA
University of Colorado
NASA LaRC

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 ULA CCDev Project
• Comprehensive maturation plan for commercial
crew launch vehicles includes addition of modular
Emergency Detection System (EDS) which can be
used with Atlas V, Delta IV, and other LVs
• EDS definition
• Identify LV failure modes and how measured
• Algorithm development, software coding, validation
• Crew interface design
• Prototype EDS testing and demonstration
• Real-time monitoring demonstration
• NASA investment $6.7M

Partners & Subs

Pratt & Whitney

SAS

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