Commercial Crew Program

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Commercial Crew Program OverviewMasters Forum 20

Maria ColluraApril 22, 2011

CCP Objective

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CCP is leading NASA’s efforts to develop an American-madecommercial capability for crew transportation and rescue servicesto the ISS following this year's retirement of the space shuttle fleet

– KennedySpaceCenterwillhosttheprogramofficededicatedtoenablingcommercialhumanspaceflightcapabilities.

– ProgramManager(PM)willresideatKSC

– DeputyProgramManagerlocatedatJSC

ProgramMission– Managetheinvestmentinthe

developmentofcommercialend‐to‐endspacetransportationsystems

– ManagetheCTS(CrewTransportationSystem)certificationprocess

– Leadthetechnicalandprogrammaticpartnerintegrationandapprovalfunctions

CCP Organization

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SystemsLaunch Vehicle

SpacecraftLaunch & Recovery Systems

Mission Planning & Integration

Systems Engineering& Requirements

Program Control &IntegrationPartner Integration

FAACommercial Crew Program

TechnicalAuthority

ISS Program

LSP Program

C3PO Program

HumanExploration &

OperationsDirectorate

CCT-1100 Series Documents

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ESMD ‐CCTSCR‐12.10AgencyandHQLevelRequirements leviedontheProgramintendedtocertifyaCTStocarryaNASAcrewmembertoLEO

CCT‐DRM‐1110

SSP50808CCT‐REQ ‐1130

CCT‐STD ‐1140 CCT‐STD ‐1150

CCT‐PLN‐1100

CrewTransportationDesignStandardGuidelines ‐ providesexpectations,andcriteriausedinevaluationoftechnicalstandards

CrewTransportationOperationsStandardGuidelines ‐providesexpectationsforminimumcriteriaandpracticesforoperations

HighLevelProgramSummary ofroles,responsibilities,andinterfacesbetweenCCPandpartnersinthedevelopmentofCTS,andHowNASAandtheCPwillworktogethertoachieveaCertifiedHumanFlightVehicle

ISSVisitingVehicleRequirements ‐mustcomplywithtointerfacewiththeInternationalSpaceStation

CrewTransportationandServicesRequirements ‐mustmeettotransportNASACrewtotheISS

CrewTransportationSystemDRMs – potentialreferencemissionsforcurrentandevolvablesystemsarchitecturedesigns

CCT‐PLN‐1120CrewTransportationTechnicalManagementProcesses – summaryoftechnicalmanagementprocessesthatsupportcertificationandexpectationsforevidenceofcompliance

Insight/Oversight Model – Level of Involvement

NASA will perform insight/oversight on the Commercial Partner’sdesign, development, and certification process to evaluate the end-to-end crew transportation system

HumanSpaceflight

Launch ServicesProgram

Intense In/OversightLow In/Oversight

Scientific & Commercial Spacecraft--Contracted

COTS &CRS

CommercialCrew

Commercial Crew Structure and Timelines

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2012

FebruaryAwardsCCDev

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CCDev Round 2

CCP Phase IDesign

2010Title Purpose

AprilAll Agreements

Complete

OctoberAnnouncementfor Proposals

AprilAwards

MayAgreementsComplete

Develop and demonstratetechnologies that enablecommercial humanspaceflight capabilities.

Mature the Design andDevelopment ofelements of the system,such as launch vehiclesand spacecraft.

Design of integratedcommercial crewsystems.

Today

CCP Phase IIDTEC

Mature Development, TestEvaluation & Certificationof end-to-end systems.

Prepared for services toISS by end of 2016.

2013-2016

Pre-Decisional – NASA Internal Use Only

Commercial Crew Development (CCDev)

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• The NASA Recovery Act stimulus funding,included $50M to stimulate efforts within theprivate sector to develop and demonstratetechnologies that enable commercial humanspaceflight capabilities

• On February 1, 2010 five partners wereannounced and received funding:– Blue Origin– Boeing– Paragon– Sierra Nevada Corporation– United Launch Alliance (ULA)

• All Agreements were concluded by December2010, with the exception of ULA and Boeing whoreceived no-cost extensions to April 2011

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Commercial Crew Development Round 2CCDev2

CCDev 2 Summary

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ParticipantName WorkSummary NASAFunding

BlueOriginSpaceVehicledesigntoSRR,pusherescapegroundandflight

testing,andenginepumpandthrustchambertesting$22,005,000

BoeingCST‐100designmaturationtoPDRandlaunchvehicle

integration$92,300,000

SierraNevadaCorporationDreamChasercrewtransportationsystemdesignmaturation

toPDRandcomponenttesting$80,000,000

SpaceXSide‐mountLASenginedesignmaturationandpartner‐funded

crewaccommodationprototype$75,000,000

TotalFunding $269,305,000

System Description: Crewtransportation system comprised of areusable biconic Space Vehiclelaunched first on an Atlas V launchvehicle and then on Blue Origin’sown Reusable Booster System.

CCDev2 Content: Mature SpaceVehicle design through SystemRequirements Review, mature thePusher Escape System, andaccelerate engine development forReusable Booster System.

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Blue Origin

NASA investment: $22M

System Description: Commercial crewtransportation system comprises thereusable CST-100 spacecraft, launchservices, and ground systems. CST-100 iscompatible with multiple launch vehiclesand is reusable for up to ten missions.

CCDev2 Content: Mature CST-100 designthrough Preliminary Design Review &perform development tests.

NASA investment: $92.3M11

The Boeing Company

System Description: DreamChaser is a reusable, pilotedlifting body, derived from NASAHL-20 launched on an Atlas V.

CCDev2 Content: Mature DreamChaser design through aPreliminary Design Review withsome subsystems to CriticalDesign Review, and conductsignificant hardware testing.

NASA investment: $80M

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Sierra Nevada Corporation

System Description: The crewtransportation system is based on theexisting Falcon 9 launch vehicle andDragon spacecraft which have beendesigned since inception for crewcarriage with relatively minimalmodification. Both the longest-lead andmost safety-critical system is the LaunchAbort System.

CCDev2 Content: Mature the flight-proven Falcon 9 / Dragontransportation system focusing ondeveloping an integrated, side-mounted Launch abort System.

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NASA investment: $75M

Space X

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• AsuccessfulCommercialCrewProgramwill:– Transformhumanspaceflightforfuturegenerations

– Resultinsafe,reliable,costeffectivecrewtransportationtoLEOandinsupportofISS

– FreeNASA’slimitedresourcesforbeyond‐LEOcapabilities

– Reducerelianceonforeignsystems