SHELL BUCKLE KNOCKDOWN FACTOR (SBKF) COMPOSITE BARREL EPOXY POUR

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter Aft Cone Weld #1

CORE STAGE SIMULATOR, BLDG. 4755, SOUTH HIGHBAY, JANUARY 13, 2015

SLS core stage simulator

INSTALLATION OF STRESS SENSORS TO SHELL BUCKLE KNOCKDOWN FACTOR COMPOSITE TANK.

INSTALLATION OF STRESS SENSORS TO SBKF COMPOSITE TANK

Shell Buckle Knockdown Factor workshop

LVSA AFT CONE SECTION POST WELD #8 WELD SEAM DETAILS

LVSA AFT CONE WELD #8 SEAM DETAIL

LVSA AFT CONE SECTION POST WELD #8 EXTERIOR VIEWS OF LVSA AFT CONE

LVSA POST WELD #8

SLS core stage simulator

LVSA AFT CONE MOVE FROM FRAME

LVSA POST WELD #8

SLS core stage simulator

LVSA AFT CONE SECTION POST WELD #8 INTERIOR VIEW OF CONE

LVSA POST WELD #8

INSTALLATION OF STRESS SENSORS TO SBKF COMPOSITE TANK

Shell Buckle Knockdown Factor workshop

Lifting of the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA) in preparation for transport. The LVSA was fabricated in the EM32 Advanced Welding Development Facility at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. The LVSA was welded using the conventional and self-reacting friction stir process and has approximately 375 feet of weld.

The Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA) is Lifted Prior to Trans

INSTALLATION OF STRESS SENSORS TO SBKF COMPOSITE TANK

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter being loaded on the KMag for transportation to building 4707 for further testing.

LVSA Move From Building 4755 to 4707

MEASURING FLOW RATE OF EPOXY MIXTURE

LVSA POST WELD #8

BLDG. 4755 HIGH BAY OVERVIEW SHOWING LVSA FORWARD CONE (RIGHT) AND AFT CONE (LEFT) SECTIONS.

LVSA FORWARD AND AFT CONES

INSTALLATION OF STRESS SENSORS TO SBKF COMPOSITE TANK

LVSA AFT CONE MOVE FROM FRAME

TECHNICIANS AND ENGINEERS DISCUSS EPOXY POURING PROCESS

SLS core stage simulator

LVSA POST WELD #8

INSTALLATION OF STRESS SENSORS TO SBKF COMPOSITE TANK

Shell Buckle Knockdown Factor workshop

SLS core stage simulator

RICK BURT, RIGHT, DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE TALKS WITH ANDY SCHORR, ASSISTANT MANAGER OF THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM'S SPACECRAFT PAYLOAD INTEGRATION AND EVOLUTION OFFICE. BEHIND THEM IS THE LAUNCH VEHICLE STAGE ADAPTOR, WHICH WAS DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED AT MARSHALL AND WILL CONNECT TWO MAJOR SLS UPPER SECTIONS

RICK BURT AND ANDY SCHORR WITH LAUNCH VEHICLE STAGE ADAPTER

Shell Buckle Knockdown Factor workshop

TECHNICIANS MIX EPOXY

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter

INSTALLATION OF STRESS SENSORS TO SBKF COMPOSITE TANK

LVSA AFT CONE MOVE

MIKE KYNARD, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MAF, VIEWS LVSA FORWARD CONE. LVSA AFT CONE SECTION IS SEEN IN BACKGROUND

MIKE KYNARD VIEWS LVSA

LVSA AFT CONE MOVE FROM FRAME

U.S. SENATOR BILL NELSON OF FLORIDA, RIGHT, LISTENS AS ANDY SCHORR, ASSISTANT MANAGER FOR SPACECRAFT/PAYLOAD INTEGRATION AND EVOLUTION, EXPLAINS THE PROGRESS OF NASA'S SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM DURING A VISIT TO NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER ON FEB. 12, 2016

U.S. SENATOR BILL NELSON AT FRICTION STIR WELD LAB

LVSA Move From Building 4755 to 4707

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter

INSTALLATION OF STRESS SENSORS TO SBKF COMPOSITE TANK

SLS core stage simulator

LVSA POST WELD #8

INSTALLATION OF STRESS SENSORS TO SBKF COMPOSITE TANK

LVSA POST WELD #8

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter

LVSA POST WELD #8

TECHNICIANS MIX EPOXY

LVSA POST WELD #8

Shell Buckle Knockdown Factor workshop

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter

SLS Core Stage Simulator

CHRISTOPHER CRUMBLY, MANAGER OF THE SPACECRAFT PAYLOAD INTEGRATION AND EVOLUTION OFFICE, GAVE VISITORS AN INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE CORE STAGE SIMULATOR AT MARSHALL AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM. CHRISTOPHER CRUMBLY, MANAGER OF THE SPACECRAFT PAYLOAD INTEGRATION AND EVOLUTION OFFICE, GAVE VISITORS AN INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE CORE STAGE SIMULATOR AT MARSHALL AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM.

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter

POURING EPOXY

MEASURING FLOW RATE OF EPOXY MIXTURE

LVSA POST WELD #8

LVSA AFT CONE MOVE

LVSA Move From Building 4755 to 4707

LVSA POST WELD #8

INSTALLATION OF STRESS SENSORS TO SBKF COMPOSITE TANK

LVSA AFT CONE MOVE

LVSA POST WELD #8

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter

INSTALLATION OF STRESS SENSORS TO SBKF COMPOSITE TANK

LVSA POST WELD #8

TECHNICIANS MIX EPOXY

SLS core stage simulator

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter

LVSA POST WELD #8

FILLED EPOXY SEAM

Jennifer Pruitt, explains ECLSS to media representatives

JENNIFER PRUITT, LEAD DESIGN ENGINEER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION URINE PROCESSING ASSEMBLY AT MARSHALL, BRIEFS A GROUP OF MORE THAN 20 SOCIAL AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT HER WORK TO IMPROVE THE RECYCLING OF WATER FOR ASTRONAUTS. THE TOUR OF MARSHALL WORK SUPPORTING NASA'S JOURNEY TO MARS WAS PART OF AGENCY-WIDE "STATE OF NASA" EVENTS FEB. 2. THE TOUR ALSO INCLUDED A LOOK AT OXYGEN RECYCLING EFFORTS, A SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM CORE STAGE SIMULATOR AND A CHANCE TO TALK WITH MARSHALL DIRECTOR PATRICK SCHEUERMANN AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR TERESA VANHOOSER.

LVSA POST WELD #8

A SLS LAUNCH VEHICLE STAGE ADAPTER IS MOVED FROM THE VERTICAL WELD TOOL STATION IN MSFC’S BUILDING 4755 TO THE WEST TEST AREA’S TEST STAND 4699 WHERE IT WILL UNDERGO FURTHER TESTING OF ITS ABILITY TO WITHSTAND THE STRESSES RELATED TO LAUNCH AND SPACE TRAVEL.

LAUNCH VEHICLE STAGE ADAPTER MOVE TO TEST FACILITY

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter Move

A NASA KAMAG transporter moves the Space Launch System’s launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) to an area where spray-on foam insulation will be applied. The LVSA recently completed manufacturing on a 30 foot welding tool at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Al. The LVSA will be coated with insulation that will protect it during it’s trip to space. The LVSA provides structural support and connects the core stage and the interim cryogenic propulsion stage during the first integrated flight of SLS and Orion.

LAUNCH VEHICLE STAGE ADAPTER MOVE TO TEST FACILITY

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter Move

A NASA KAMAG transporter moves the Space Launch System’s launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) to an area where spray-on foam insulation will be applied. The LVSA recently completed manufacturing on a 30 foot welding tool at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Al. The LVSA will be coated with insulation that will protect it during it’s trip to space. The LVSA provides structural support and connects the core stage and the interim cryogenic propulsion stage during the first integrated flight of SLS and Orion.

Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter Move

A NASA KAMAG transporter moves the Space Launch System’s launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) to an area where spray-on foam insulation will be applied. The LVSA recently completed manufacturing on a 30 foot welding tool at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Al. The LVSA will be coated with insulation that will protect it during it’s trip to space. The LVSA provides structural support and connects the core stage and the interim cryogenic propulsion stage during the first integrated flight of SLS and Orion.