Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Status

1. Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Status Conference on Quality in the Space and Defense Industries Cape Canaveral, Florida March 15, 2011 Mark Erminger Chief Safety and Mission Assurance Officer Commercial Crew & Cargo ProgramExploration Systems Mission DirectorateJohnson Space Center

2. Program Objectives • The Commercial Crew & Cargo Program was established in November 2005 to accomplish the following objectives: • Implement U.S. Space Exploration policy withinvestments to stimulate the commercial space industry • Facilitate U.S. private industry demonstration of cargo and crew space transportation capabilities with the goal of achieving safe, reliable, cost effective access to low-Earth orbit • Create a market environment where commercial space transportation services are available to Government and private sector customers Extending human presence in space by enabling an expanding and robust U.S. commercial space transportation industry

3. Safety is Built Into the Design and Development Process • NASA Reviews S&MA Products During Partner Design Reviews • Safety and Mission Assurance Plan • Quality Plan • Hazard Analysis • Safety Assessments • Risk Assessments • Probabilistic Risk Assessment • Software Assurance • COTS partners are required to obtain an Federal Aviation Administration license for all of the demonstration missions • COTS partners are required to meet all Space Station visiting vehicle requirements and be approved by the Space Station Safety Review Panel (SRP) before being allowed to rendezvous and berth with the ISS

4. SpaceX COTS System Description and Features: • Falcon 9 Medium Class Launch Vehicle • Dragon Crew/Cargo Spacecraft • Recoverable launch vehicle and spacecraft • Cape Canaveral LC-40 Launch Site • ISS Flight Demonstration • NASA Investment: • Cargo Demonstration – up to $278 M • Crew Demonstration Option– up to $308 M (not funded) DragonCargo Capsule Falcon 9Rocket DragonCrew Capsule DragonCrew Capsule SpaceX Launch Site at Cape SLC 40

5. SpaceX COTS Demo Mission 1

6. Orbital COTS System Description & Features: • Taurus II Launch Vehicle – derivative of Taurus I with Aerojet AJ-26 engines (2) & Castor 30 2nd stage • Cygnus Service Module used for all missions – derived from STAR™ & Dawn spacecrafts • Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM): Heritage - ISS MPLM • Wallops Flight Facility Launch Site • ISS Flight Demonstration • NASA Investment: • Cargo Demonstration – up to $170 M Taurus II Rocket Pressurized Cargo Module& Service Module Taurus II MARS/Wallops Launch Site

7. Orbital COTS Mission Visualization

8. WFF Pad 0A Construction Progresses

9. Taurus II First Stage Test Article Arrives at WFF

10. PCM 1 PCM 2 PCM 0 PCM Integration & Testing

11. AJ-26 Engine at Stennis for Testing

12. ULA CCDev1 Project • Developed a modular Emergency Detection System (EDS) which can be used with Atlas V, Delta IV, and other LVs • CCDev1 tasks: • EDS definition • Identified LV failure modes and how measured • Algorithm development, software coding, validation • Crew interface design • Prototype EDS tested and demonstrated • Real-time monitoring demonstration • NASA invested $6.7M

13. ULA Emergency Detection System

14. Blue Origin CCDev Project • System concept is bi-conic space vehicle launched on Atlas V 402 • Matured Pusher Escape System • Conducted TVC ground testing • Matured Composite Pressure Vessel • Manufactured structural test article of a suborbital capsule as a subscale demonstrator for the orbital Space Vehicle • Over-pressurized the test article • Conducted pressure vessel drop test • NASA investment $3.7M

15. Blue Origin Composite Crew Pressure Vessel and Thrust Vector Control Testing

16. Paragon CCDev Project • Developed Air Revitalization System (ARS) for commercial crew • Matured its ARS concept under CCDev • Requirements development with 4 potential vehicle providers • Designed through PDR level • Manufactured and tested an engineering development unit • NASA investment $1.44M

17. Paragon CCDev 1 Air Revitalization System Engineering Development Unit

18. Boeing CCDev1 Project • Commercial Crew Transportation System concept: • Flexible crewed vehicle concept with maximum of seven crew • Light-weight design compatible with Atlas, Delta, and Falcon 9 • Integrated operations & crew training center • Matured system architecture and design through SDR and demonstrated key technologies and capabilities via 9 tasks • SDR • Abort System Hardware Demonstration • Base Heat Shield Fabrication Demonstration • Avionics Systems Integration Facility Demonstration • CM Pressure Vessel Fabrication Demonstration • Landing System Demonstration • Life Support Demonstration • AR&D Integrated GNC Demonstration • Crew Module Mockup Demonstration • NASA investment $18M

19. CST-100 CM Pressurized Structure Fabrication & Test

20. Sierra Nevada CCDev1 Project • Commercial STS based on NASA HL-20 launched on Atlas V • Requirements defined for Dream Chaser systems design & major subsystems • Built & Tested Spacecraft Primary Structure • Integrated Loads Defined & CFD studied • Main Propulsion Motor Built & Tested • RCS Thruster Prototype Built & Tested • Developed Atmospheric and Orbital GN&C architecture • Flight Algorithms & Software Assurance Plan • TPS Trades completed • Atlas V Integration analyses • Scale Dynamic Model Flight Tested • NASA investment $20M

21. SNC Dream Chaser Structural & Propulsion System Testing