Erhebungsnummer: HAER MO-88
Bau- / Strukturdaten: 1967 Baubeginn

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The second free flight of the Project Morpheus prototype lander was conducted at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 81-second test began at 1:37 p.m. EST with the Morpheus lander launching from the ground over a flame trench and ascending about 164 feet, pausing briefly at 82 feet. The lander flew forward, covering about 154 feet in 30 seconds before descending and landing on a dedicated landing pad inside the autonomous landing and hazard avoidance technology, or ALHAT, hazard field. Project Morpheus tests NASA’s ALHAT and an engine that runs on liquid oxygen and methane, or green propellants, into a fully-operational lander that could deliver cargo to other planetary surfaces.     The landing facility provides the lander with the kind of field necessary for realistic testing, complete with rocks, craters and hazards to avoid. Morpheus’ ALHAT payload allows it to navigate to clear landing sites amidst rocks, craters and other hazards during its descent. Project Morpheus is being managed under the Advanced Exploration Systems, or AES, Division in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. The efforts in AES pioneer new approaches for rapidly developing prototype systems, demonstrating key capabilities and validating operational concepts for future human missions beyond Earth orbit. For more information on Project Morpheus, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/exploration/morpheus.  Photo credit: NASA/Chris Chamberland KSC-2013-4372

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The second free flight of the Project Morpheus prototype lander was conducted at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 81-second test began at 1:37 p.m. EST with the Morpheus lander launching from the ground over a flame trench and ascending about 164 feet, pausing briefly at 82 feet. The lander flew forward, covering about 154 feet in 30 seconds before descending and landing on a dedicated landing pad inside the autonomous landing and hazard avoidance technology, or ALHAT, hazard field. Project Morpheus tests NASA’s ALHAT and an engine that runs on liquid oxygen and methane, or green propellants, into a fully-operational lander that could deliver cargo to other planetary surfaces. The landing facility provides the lander with the kind of field necessary for realistic testing, complete with rocks, craters and hazards to avoid. Morpheus’ ALHAT payload allows it to navigate to clear landing sites amidst rocks, craters and other hazards during its descent. Project Morpheus is being managed under the Advanced Exploration Systems, or AES, Division in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. The efforts in AES pioneer new approaches for rapidly developing prototype systems, demonstrating key capabilities and validating operational concepts for future human missions beyond Earth orbit. For more information on Project Morpheus, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/exploration/morpheus. Photo credit: NASA/Chris Chamberland KSC-2013-4372

Erhebungsnummer: HAER MO-88 Bau- / Strukturdaten: 1967 Baubeginn

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Zusammenfassung

Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-12, nordöstlich der Oscar-01 Missile Alert Facility, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO Bedeutung: Die Raketenentwicklung des Kalten Krieges in den Vereinigten Staaten führte dazu, dass ein rascheres, aber wirtschaftlicheres Vergeltungssystem erforderlich wurde, als es in den früheren Systemen Atlas und Titan vorgesehen war. Die Luftwaffe fand die Lösung in der Minuteman-Serie, einer Festbrennstoffrakete, die von einem entfernten Zentrum aus gestartet werden konnte und die Kontrolle über ein Netz von Silos hatte, die sich über ein großes geografisches Gebiet erstreckten. Der Launch Facility Trainer (LFT), ein Nachbau eines Silos vor Ort, stellte ein vollständiges Modell zur Verfügung, in dem etwa 400 Raketenwartungspersonal ihre Fähigkeiten sowohl in Routine- als auch in Notfallverfahren, die für die Einsatzbereitschaft des Systems unverzichtbar sind, verfeinerten.

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Datum

1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Lyon, Robert, photographer
Thallheimer, Arnold, photographer
McChristian, Douglas, historian
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Quelle

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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