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Old March 20th, 2020 #1
Ray Allan
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Default NASA suspends work on SLS megarocket and Orion capsule due to coronavirus outbreak

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The space agency is halting production and testing of its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion crew capsule, the deep-space hardware designed to get astronauts to the moon and Mars, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday (March 19).

The temporary suspension, which takes effect Friday (March 20) is a response to the spread of the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes, known as COVID-19. NASA is elevating its Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana and Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to Stage 4 of the agency's "response framework" due to concerns about the pandemic, Bridenstine said.

At Stage 4, the highest level of the framework, a facility shuts down, except for work required to protect life and critical infrastructure.

...Michoud and Stennis join Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley as the only NASA centers at Stage 4 in the response framework. The agency's other facilities are at Stage 3, in which telework is mandatory for all employees except "mission-critical personnel."
https://www.space.com/nasa-suspends-...ronavirus.html
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Old March 21st, 2020 #2
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On the bright side, the first manned flight of SpaceX Dragon 2 appears to be on schedule.

NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to First Crew Launch to Station from America Since 2011
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch Crew Dragon, with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the spacecraft, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA and SpaceX are currently targeting no earlier than mid-to-late May for launch.

This second demonstration mission of the Crew Dragon spacecraft is another end-to-end flight test of SpaceX’s human spaceflight system, which will include launch, docking, splashdown and recovery operations. It is the final flight test of the system before SpaceX is certified to carry out operational crew flights to and from the space station for NASA.
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Old March 21st, 2020 #3
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If Boeing can fix their problems with CST-100 Starliner and get that operational, there will be two manned spacecraft launching from u.s. soil. NASA is still buying a few more seats on Soyuz to hedge their bets, however.
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