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STS-135 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the newly erected lightning towers on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two towers at left and center contain the lightning mast on top; the one at right does not. At center are the fixed and rotating service structures that have served the Space Shuttle Program. Beyond the pad is the Atlantic Ocean. The new lightning protection system is being built for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches. Each of the towers is 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire catenary system. This improved lightning protection system allows for the taller height of the Ares I rocket compared to the space shuttle. Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including the Ares I-X test flight that is targeted for July 2009. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-1571
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket is not the tallest structure on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Situated around the pad are three 100-foot fiberglass lightning masts mounted atop 500-foot towers. This is the first time since the Apollo Program's Saturn rockets were retired that a vehicle other than the space shuttle has been processed on the pad. The transfer of the pad from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program took place May 31. Pad modifications to support the Ares I-X include the removal of shuttle unique subsystems, such as the orbiter access arm and a section of the gaseous oxygen vent arm, and the installation of three 600-foot lightning towers, access platforms, environmental control systems and a vehicle stabilization system. Part of the Constellation Program, the Ares I-X is the test vehicle for the Ares I. The Ares I-X flight test is set for Oct. 27. For information on the Ares I-X vehicle and flight test, visit http://www.nasa.gov/aresIX. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-5781
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour has joined space shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A. In the background is the Atlantic Ocean. This is probably the final time two shuttles will be on launch pads at the same time with the space shuttle fleet set for retirement in 2010. Endeavour will be prepared on the pad for liftoff in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary following space shuttle Atlantis' launch on the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. After Atlantis is cleared to land, Endeavour will move to Launch Pad 39A for its upcoming STS-127 mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch June 13. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2009-2769
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Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Zusammenfassung
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Im Kennedy Space Center der NASA in Florida sieht die Startrampe 39A aus wie nach dem Start von STS-135, der letzten Space-Shuttle-Mission am 8. Juli 2011. Die mobile Trägerplattform bleibt neben der festen Servicestruktur und der rotierenden Servicestruktur bestehen. Während des Shuttle-Programms wurde Wasser in dem 290 Fuß hohen, 300.000 Gallonen fassenden Tank auf der rechten Seite gelagert. Wasser wurde kurz vor der Zündung des Hauptmotors freigesetzt und fließt durch die Schwerkraft zu speziellen Auslässen auf der Plattform, um den Orbiter und seine Nutzlasten vor Beschädigungen durch akustische Energie zu schützen, die während des Abhebens von der Plattform reflektiert wird. Sowohl die Startrampe 39A als auch die 39B-Startrampe 39A wurden ursprünglich für die Apollo / Saturn V-Raketen gebaut, die amerikanische Astronauten auf ihre historischen Reisen zum Mond starteten und später modifiziert, um das 30-jährige Shuttle-Programm zu unterstützen. Weitere Informationen zur Startrampe 39A finden Sie unter: http: / / www.nasa.gov / mission _ pages / shuttle / launch / launch-complex39-toc.html Bildnachweis: NASA / Dan Casper
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