Beth Dickey/Melissa Mathews
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-2087/1272
Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
RELEASE: 07-112
NASA COMPLETES CONSTELLATION GROUND OPERATIONS REVIEW
WASHINGTON - NASA has established a requirements baseline for ground
systems to be developed in support of the Constellation Program. The
systems requirements review was conducted at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida on May 5.
"Completion of the systems requirements review marks a major milestone
in executing the development of ground systems, as well as operations
strategies to support the next generation of space vehicles," said
Tip Talone, Constellation's Ground Operations Project manager at
Kennedy. The space center will be the launch site for future missions
to low Earth orbit, the moon and other destinations in the solar
system.
The review was an in-depth look at the basic capabilities necessary to
support space vehicle integration and ground processing; launch
processing infrastructure, including the vehicle assembly building,
launch pads and launch control center; launch vehicle protection
systems; launch checkout and control; crew safety and emergency
egress; and fault tolerance requirements for the systems. Agency and
contractor engineers from across the country reviewed the
requirements. The requirements will be applied to all launch, landing
and recovery activities for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, Ares
I crew launch vehicle and Ares V cargo launch vehicle.
The ground operations team established plans for ensuring the
requirements will be clearly communicated to hardware developers so
the systems developed will comply with all relevant agency program
and project requirements.
After completion of all project-level reviews, the Constellation
Program plans an integrated review in late May to update and
synchronize all Constellation Program baseline requirements. For more
information about NASA's Constellation Program, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/constellation
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