NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20120001858: Stennis Space Center Engineering and Test Directorate Overview PDF
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Stennis Space Center Engineering and Test Directorate Overview Christine Powell Engineering and Test Directorate History of Stennis Space Center John C. Stennis Space Center was established to test the engines used to propel the Apollo space craft to the moon. “I don’t know yet • Construction date—May 1963 what method we • Mississippi Test Facility established—April 23, 1966 will use to get to • Hancock County, Miss. provided access to the moon, but I do know that we have – Isolated test site to go through – Water and road access Mississippi to get – Public utility there!” – Supportive community -Dr. Wernher Von Braun – Climate conducive for year-round testing • First and second Saturn V stages were tested from 1967-1972 • Renamed John C. Stennis Space Center in 1988 • Nation’s largest rocket engine testing facility Location 13,800 Acre Fee Area 125,000 Acre Buffer Zone A Unique Federal City More than 5,000 NASA, Contractor and Resident Agency Employees • NASA – John C. Stennis Space Center* • 280 NASA Civil Servants • 1,420 NASA Contractors – NASA Shared Services Center* • The NSSC is collocated on site with 440 employees • 120 NASA Civil Servants • 320 NSSC Contractors • NAVY – Commander, Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command – Naval Oceanographic Office – Naval Research Laboratory – Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical School – Navy Special Boat Team 22 – Navy Human Resources Service Center Southeast • More than 30 major federal, state, academic and private organizations – More than 60 technology-based companies *employee numbers are approximate Resident Agencies at Stennis Space Center Department of Defense Commercial Companies • Commander, Naval • Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Meteorology & Oceanography • Lockheed Martin, Mississippi Command Space and Technology Center • Naval Oceanographic Office • Rolls Royce North America • Naval Research Laboratory • Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School Major Contractors • Navy Special Boat Team 22 • Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne • Navy Human Resources • Jacobs Technology Inc. Service Center Southeast • Computer Sciences Corp. • Mississippi Army Ammunition • Applied Geo Technologies Plant • Paragon Systems Inc. • Defense Contract Management Command • Science Applications International Corporation Department of Commerce • NOAA, NWS, National Data Center for Higher Learning Buoy Center • Mississippi State University • NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service • University of Southern Mississippi (USM) • NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center • USM Center for Marine Science • University of New Orleans Environmental • Pearl River Community Department of Protection Agency Transportation State of Mississippi Mississippi Enterprise College • Environmental Chemistry for Technology • U.S. Coast Guard • Mississippi Space Laboratory Commerce Initiative • Stennis Technology • Gulf of Mexico Program Department of Geo Resources Enterprise Center University of Southern Energy Institute Mississippi - College of Department of Interior • Strategic Petroleum Marine Sciences Reserve State of Louisiana Institute for • USGS Water Resources • Dept. of Marine Science • Louisiana Technology Technology Division General Services Transfer Office Development • Center for Ocean and • USGS Geomagnetism Center Atmospheric Modeling Administration • Spectral Visions SSC Test Area Rocket Propulsion Test Heritage Space Launch Apollo Space Shuttle •First Saturn V System Rocket Engine Test Firing April 23, 1966 •First Space Shuttle Main Engine Test Firing May 19, 1975 •First J-2X Engine Component Test December 18, 2007 •First J-2X Engine Test Firing July 14, 2011 Current/Recent Rocket Propulsion Testing Engines and Components Orbital/ Aerojet AJ-26 RS-68 Engine Space Shuttle Main Engine J-2X Engine Technical Services For Testing • Systems Engineering – Requirements, Processes, Priorities, Integration, Life Cycle Reviews, … • Design and Analysis • Test Operations E-Complex Work Control E1 E2 E3 Guidelines E1 ELECET1R DICRAL TPS E2 ELECET2R DICRAL TPS E3 ELECET3R DICRAL TPS WGoGuriked nCeeolirnnaetlrsol E1 MECHANICAL TPS E2 MECHANICAL TPS E3 MECHANICAL TPS E1 Log Book TEP2S L Aogrc Bhoivoeks E3 Log Book SaGfueitdy/eQliunaelsity E1 PreTest Briefing E2 PreTest Briefing E3 PreTest Briefing Component Databases System Engineering Test Request Logbook TGPuSi dGeelnineersal PTD HOME DDMS Test Data MateRrieaql uTerasntsfer PTD SOIs DGRu iGdeenlineerasl Quit Application SSmchaertd Muleenr’uss • Support Infrastructure and Labs Path to MBSE • Transition – Moving from a traditional document centric engineering management system to a model centric architecture • Intent is to improve data configuration control, data accessibility and reduce costs • Effort is evolutionary – 10 years into transition – Design and Data Management System (DDMS) • Primary system tool is Windchill • Also includes a server system (for test data, video, large files) and a supercomputing cluster (HPCC – for running models and simulations)
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