NASA Orion/Artemis Mission Testing

The relaunching of America’s manned space exploration program begins here, with vibration testing at NASA’s Space Environments Complex, located in Sandusky, Ohio. NASA trusted Team Corporation to help create the world’s most powerful MDOF mechanical vibration test system.  This one-of-a-kind system is used for extreme environmental testing of large spacecraft such as NASA’s Orion, and other space flight hardware.

Sierra Space Dream Chaser Spaceplane Environmental Test Campaign at NASA Armstrong Test Facility

The Dream Chaser Spaceplane – stacked on the Shooting Star Cargo Module – completed it’s environmental test campaign at NASA’s Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility (ATF). These critical tests will ensure Dream Chaser is ready for the launch pad later this year for the NASA CRS-2 Mission to the International Space Station.

The vibration testing was performed on the world’s largest six degree of freedom vibration table (MVF) that was designed and built for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center by Team Corporation and controlled by an advanced multi shaker control system from Data Physics Corporation.

Mechanical Vibration Facility (MVF) Highlights:

• 75,000 lbs. max test article mass
• 77 ft. test article height
• 4,650,000 lbs. seismic mass
• Frequency performance from 5-150 Hz.
• Maximum vertical static force 720,000 lbs.

Team Corporation also provided a number of acoustic sound modulators for the Reverberant Acoustic Test Facility (RATF) located in the Space Power Facility (SPF). The RATF chamber is located within the Vibroacoustic High Bay, taking advantage of the 1.8-m- (6-ft-) thick surrounding concrete walls to help attenuate sound migration through the SPF. The high bay also serves as redundant protection from the RATF nitrogen atmosphere during operation. The RATF is a 2,860-m³ (101,189-ft³) reverberant acoustic chamber capable of achieving an empty-chamber acoustic overall sound pressure level (OASPL) of 163 dB.