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Status, Plans, and Initial Results for Crew Launch Vehicle AerodynamicsFollowing the completion of NASA s Exploration Systems Architecture Study in August 2004 for the NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), the Exploration Launch Office at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center began design and development of the first vehicle in the architecture, the Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV), which will be used to launch astronauts to low earth orbit and rendezvous with either the International Space Station or the ESMD s earth departure stage for lunar missions. The primary elements of the CLV project are the first stage, the upper stage, the upper stage engine, and vehicle integration. Within vehicle integration is an effort in integrated design and analysis which is comprised of a number of technical disciplines needed to support vehicle design and development. One of the important disciplines throughout the life of the project is aerodynamics. This paper will present the status, plans, and initial results of CLV aerodynamics as the project was preparing for the CLV Systems Requirements Review. Following a status of the current activities and a discussion of the specific interactions with other technical panels, the plans for aerodynamic support of the CLV until the initial crewed flights will be presented. The paper will conclude with a review of initial results acquired since project inception, including engineering-code vehicle assessment, computational fluid dynamics analysis, and wind tunnel test data.
Document ID
20070002089
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Huebner, Lawrence D.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Haynes, Davy A.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Taylor, Terry L.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Hall, Robert M.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Pamadi, Bandu N.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Seaford, C. Mark
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2006
Subject Category
Launch Vehicles And Launch Operations
Meeting Information
Meeting: 57th International Astronautical Congress
Location: Valencia
Country: Spain
Start Date: October 2, 2006
End Date: October 6, 2006
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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