Similar
STS100-719-016 - STS-100 - View of the newly installed SSRMS boom taken during the STS-100 mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander is lifted by a crane in preparation for a tethered-flight test at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For the 40-second test, the lander will be hoisted 20 feet. The spacecraft will ascend an additional five feet and hover for five seconds. Morpheus then will perform a 5.6-foot ascent coupled with a 9.8-foot traverse, and hover for five more seconds before returning to the launch point. A number of changes have been made, primarily focused on autonomous landing and hazard avoidance technology ALHAT and moving the Doppler Lidar to the front of the forward liquid oxygen tank. The tether test was cut short due to Morpheus exceeding onboard abort rate limits. The vehicle was taken back to the hangar and data from the test is being studied. After review, managers will determine when a new test date will be set. The landing facility provides the lander with the kind of field necessary for realistic testing, complete with rocks, craters and hazards to avoid. Morpheus’ ALHAT payload allows it to navigate to clear landing sites amidst rocks, craters and other hazards during its descent. For more information on Project Morpheus, visit http://morpheuslander.jsc.nasa.gov/. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-4522
Contractors lift the special access program facility
WEST TOWER PANEL ERECTION. NASA public domain image colelction.
(TRACT) Transport Rotorcraft Aircraft Testbed
TRACT 2 Frame Drop Test AT NASA Langley Research Center's Landin
STS100-719-018 - STS-100 - View of the newly installed SSRMS boom taken during the STS-100 mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane lifts one of the final components of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory to place it on a flatbed trailer. It will be transported to the Space Station Processing Facility. The components are the Kibo Exposed Facility, or EF, and the Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section, or ELM-ES. The EF provides a multipurpose platform where science experiments can be deployed and operated in the exposed environment. The payloads attached to the EF can be exchanged or retrieved by Kibo's robotic arm, the JEM Remote Manipulator System. The ELM-ES will be attached to the end of the EF to provide payload storage space and can carry up to three payloads at launch. In addition, the ELM-ES provides a logistics function where it can be detached from the EF and returned to the ground aboard the space shuttle. The two JEM components will be carried aboard space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-127 mission targeted for launch in May 2009. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-08pd2920
Loadmasters from the 5th Expeditionary Air Mobility
Related
Lunarbotics - Preparation of Robots 2010-3502
Lunarbotics - Preparation of Robots 2010-3499
Lunarbotics - Preparation of Robots 2010-3501
Lunarbotics - Preparation of Robots 2010-3500
LUNABOTICS - PRACTICE RUNS 2010-3506
LUNABOTICS - OPENING CEREMONY 2010-3621
LUNABOTICS - PRACTICE RUNS 2010-3505
LUNABOTICS - PRACTICE RUNS 2010-3508
LUNABOTICS - PRACTICE RUNS 2010-3507
Lunarbotics - Preparation of Robots 2010-3503
Summary
Lunarbotics - Preparation of Robots
Public domain photograph related to NASA research activity, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nothing Found.
Tags
Date
25/05/2010
Location
KSC - AHOF
Source
NASA
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)