NASA Leading Human Space Exploration August 2018 Mack McElroy, PhD 1 NASA Locations Goddard Space Glenn Research Center Flight Center Ames Research Center NASA Headquarters Wallops Flight Facility Armstrong Flight Langley Research Center Research Center Jet Propulsion Marshall Space Flight Laboratory White Sands Center Test Facility Kennedy Space Johnson Space Center Stennis Center Space Center 2 NASA 2019 Projected Budget: $19.9 billion Human Exploration and Operations - $10.5 Billion Orion & Space Launch System Commercial Crew International Space Station Science - $5.7 Billion Mars Rover 2020 James Webb Space Telescope Earth Science, Astrophysics, Heliophysics Space Technology - $826 Million Aeronautics Research - $656 Million Safety, Security, Operations, Construction - $3.1 Billion Education - $100 Million NASA Johnson Space Center 4 Engineering Structures Division: Systems Management on Major NASA Programs Apollo Apollo Lunar Command Module and Service Module Space Shuttle Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Skylab International Space Station Shuttle-Mir Orion 5 Exploration Campaign Updated December 2017 2018 2022 2026 2030 Transition U.S. human Extend long-duration Enable human spaceflight in low-Earth U.S. human spaceflight exploration of the Moon orbit to commercial operations to lunar to prepare for human operations orbit missions to Mars 6 The Future of Human Space Exploration NASA’s Building Blocks to Mars U.S. companies provide affordable access to low Earth orbit Learning the fundamentals aboard the International Space Station Missions: 6 to 12 months Return: hours 7 Earth Reliant International Space Station Began Construction: 1998 International Partners: Purpose: Research Canada Future: Expanded commercial use Russia Shuttle then ISS Europe Japan Boeing CST-100 Starliner Space X Dragon Capsule Planned 1st launch: 2018 (Nov.) Planned 1st launch: 2018 (Dec.) Max capacity: 7 crew Max capacity: 7 crew Commercial Crew 8 Refocus NASA Resources from Low Earth Orbit to Deep Space Exploration Commercial ISS Resupply: Space X, Orbital ATK Commercial crewed missions to ISS: Space X, Boeing Commercialization of ISS Shuttle then ISS 2018 2022 2026 2030 9 The Future of Human Space Exploration NASA’s Building Blocks to Mars U.S. companies provide affordable access to low Earth orbit Learning the fundamentals aboard the Traveling beyond low Earth International orbit with the Space Launch Space Station System rocket and Orion crew capsule Missions: 6 to 12 months Missions: 1 month up to 12 months Return: hours Return: days 10 Earth Reliant Proving Ground Orion • Human capsule (5 crew max.) • Service module (propulsion & power) • Led at Johnson Space Center • First test flight: 2014 • First manned flight: 2023 11 Space Launch System • Most powerful rocket to date • Deep space missions • Led at Marshall Space Flight Center • First launch: 2019 Orion Space Launch System Launch site: Kennedy Space Center 12 325 322 Orion 300 Launch Abort System (LAS) 200 Crew Module feet feet Crew Module 100 Adapter European Service Module Service Module Service 0 Module Space Shuttle Space Launch Adapter System 13 The Future of Human Space Exploration NASA’s Building Blocks to Mars Expanding capabilities by visiting an asteroid in a Lunar distant retrograde orbit U.S. companies provide affordable access to low Earth orbit Exploring Mars and other deep space destinations Learning the fundamentals aboard the Traveling beyond low Earth International orbit with the Space Launch Space Station System rocket and Orion crew capsule Missions: 6 to 12 months Missions: 1 month up to 12 months Missions: 2 to 3 years Return: hours Return: days Return: months 14 Earth Reliant Proving Ground Earth Independent Journey to Mars… Was Mars home to microbial life? Is it today? Could it be a safe home for humans one day? What can it teach us about life elsewhere in the cosmos or how life began on Earth? What can it teach us about Earth's past, present and future? 15 Return to the Moon P • Lunar Orbital Platform (Gateway) • Infrastructure for long term Moon presence • Robotic >> human • Drive activity with commercial and international partners • Develop human deep space exploration capabilities • Enabled by SLS and Orion Orbiting Lunar Platform Orion PHASE 1 10/20/2016 16 Deep Space Gateway Orion Payload SLS Payload Detail 10/20/2016 17 Deep Space Transport • Larger long duration habitat • Reusable 10/20/2016 18 Mars Transit Orion Payload SLS Payload Detail 10/20/2016 19 Orion Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) • Un-crewed mission around the moon • Launch date: June 2020 20 21 Orion Fabrication 10/20/2016 22 Fabrication II 10/20/2016 23 Fabrication I 10/20/2016 24 10/20/2016 25 10/20/2016 26 10/20/2016 27 (Thermal Tiles Installed) 10/20/2016 28 10/20/2016 29 Fabrication I 10/20/2016 30 Integration 10/20/2016 31 Testing 10/20/2016 32 Testing 10/20/2016 33 Launch 10/20/2016 34 Re-entry 10/20/2016 35 Recovery 10/20/2016 36 Questions? 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