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PROGRAM UPDATE March 2012.

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1 PROGRAM UPDATE March 2012

2 History FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 Phase I: Design Trades
Phase II: Spacecraft Development MPCV Orion named Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle May 2011 LAS Attitude Control Motor Test Parachute Tests Pad Abort 1 Stacking Launch Abort Motor Test Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Concept Developed Orion Water Landing Recovery Training Pad Abort 1 Flight Test Success May 2010 Orion Contract Awarded Heat Shield Prototype Developed Pad Abort Flight Test Vehicle Built First Orion Environmental Testing Source: NASA

3 Acoustic and Vibration Tests
Launch Abort System and Crew Module Lockheed Martin Reverberant Acoustic Laboratory – Denver, Colorado - Full-Scale Spacecraft Testing - Simulates Launch Acoustic Forces & Vibrations Validates Structural Integrity of the Spacecraft Image Credit: Lockheed Martin 3

4 Vibration Tests in VTF Image Credit: Lockheed Martin 4

5 Exploration Flight Test 1
CM Translation Burn Recovery LV/Upper Stage Sep Upper Stage 1st Engine Start SM Fairing Sep CM/Upper Stage Separation Upper Stage Disposal Burn LAS Jettison Upper Stage 1st Engine Cut-Off Upper Stage nd Engine Start Upper Stage 2nd Engine Cut-Off EFT-1 Overview 2 Revolutions Low Inclination High Apogee High Energy Entry Boost Stage 1 Upper Stage Burn Coast CM Translation Burn Source: NASA

6 Stepping Stones A series of exploration missions building incrementally towards America’s long- term goal of exploring Mars. Red Rocks: explore Mars from Deimos Deimos Scout Plymouth Rock: Humans explore asteroid EA9 and others Explore the Moon’s far side from Earth-Moon L2 point Lunar flyby Asteroid scout Quickly explain stepping stones approach: Asteroid survey A human mission to the moons of Mars will require capabilities such as heavy-lift launch , SLS test flight Image Credit: Lockheed Martin Notional mission concepts: Lockheed Martin Deimos photo courtesy of NASA-JPL, University of Arizona

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