Space Launch System America’s Rocket for Deep Space Exploration Boeing Space Exploration
John Shannon Vice President & Program Manager Space Launch System
11th Annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium
Exploration Update – Key Industry Perspectives Panel
October 24, 2018
Copyright © 2018 Boeing. All rights reserved. Building the SLS Rocket Backbone EM-1 Core Stage is in Final Assembly at Michoud Assembly Facility
Core Stage 1 Core Stage 1 Core Stage 1 Core Stage 1 Core Stage 1 Engine Section LH2 Tank Intertank LOX Tank Forward Skirt SLS Stages Accomplishments Significant Progress on Flight and Test Hardware
4 of 6 2 of 5 Stages Flight Elements Structural Qualification Tests are Complete are Complete
ICPS
ICPS LOX Forward Skirt Tank
Intertank (In Progress) LOX Tank Intertank
LH2 Tank
LH2 Tank Engine Section Engine Section SLS Core Stage Road to the Launch Pad
Final Assembly & Joins Structural Qualification Testing, Green Run Test EM-1 Launch 2020 SLS Structural Testing SLS Core Stage First Flight Firing
LH2 Tank RS-25 Currently in Testing Engine Section
Fwd Join Aft Join Michoud Assembly Facility Marshall Space Flight Center Stennis Space Center Kennedy Space Center New Orleans, LA Huntsville, AL Bay St. Louis, MS Cape Canaveral, FL SLS Stages Focus Areas Factory Optimization and Exploration Upper Stage On-Ramp
• Factory Optimization • Focus on low rate production optimization and affordability • Significantly fewer tools and smaller workforce compared to Shuttle ET • Engine Section build ahead • Factory flow improvements MAF • Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) • Fully human rated upper stage • Performance enabler for Block 1B (EM-3 and beyond) • Lunar optimized configuration • 10+ metric ton co-manifested payloads on Orion flights • Mass, volume, velocity improvements Lunar Optimized EUS SLS Block 1B