Filed under: Aeronautics, Engineering, NASA, Science | Tags: Ares Launch Vehicle, video
Building a space launch vehicle is one of the most complex engineering tasks imaginable: Over a million parts must come together and work perfectly under extremely severe conditions. How do you go about building something like this? What are some of the tools and strategies engineers use? And just what is “Systems Engineering?” Go on location with six engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in this latest in our series of programs about the Ares Projects. (Running time 7:44 minutes)
View the video at the Futures Channel website: http://www.thefutureschannel.com/dockets/space/engineering_rockets/index.php
In a press release dated 6/3/09, NASA officials set a June 13 launch date for STS-127. Space shuttle Endeavour was deemed flight-ready for its next mission to the International Space Station. Commander Mark Polansky and his six crewmates are scheduled to lift off at 7:17 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, June 13, 2009.
Read more at the official NASA website: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
