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Engineers Start Stacking Operations for Maiden Launch of NASA’s Orion Deep Space Test Capsule
The Orion crew module for Exploration Flight Test-1 is shown in the Final Assembly and System Testing (FAST) Cell, positioned…
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World’s Largest Heat Shield Attached to NASA’s Orion Crew Capsule for Crucial Fall 2014 Test Flight
Lockheed Martin and NASA engineers are installing the largest heat shield ever built onto the Orion EFT-1 spacecraft’s crew module…
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NASA & US Navy Test Demonstrates Water Recovery of Orion Crew Capsule
During the stationary recovery test of Orion at Norfolk Naval Base on Aug. 15, 2013, US Navy divers attached tow…
New Look and New Animation for Orion’s 2017 Flight to the Moon and Back
http://youtu.be/canmpG_uSow The Orion spacecraft has gotten a new look for its first launch atop the inaugural flight of NASA’s Space…
Drop Test for Orion Crew Capsule’s New Parachutes
NASA successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes in preparation for the…
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Orion Crew Capsule Targeted for 2014 Leap to High Orbit
[/caption] NASA is on course to make the highest leap in human spaceflight in nearly 4 decades when an unmanned…
Construction Begins on the 1st Space-Bound Orion Crew Module
[/caption] Production of NASA’s first space-bound Orion crew module has at last begun at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in…
First Orion Assembled at Denver, Another Orion Displayed at Kennedy Space Center
[/caption] Assembly of NASA’s first Orion Crew vehicle that could actually launch to space has been accomplished by prime contractor…