NASA’S Orion Spacecraft to Land in Oklahoma, Texas and Alabama

Orion has made journeys similar to the one it will embark on. Back in July of 2011, the spacecraft toured the country before it was displayed at the Kennedy Space Center press site for the final launch of the shuttle program. Photo Credit: Jason Rhian

WASHINGTON — A test version of NASA’s Orion spacecraft soon will make a cross-country journey, giving residents in three states the chance to see a full scale test version of the vehicle that will take humans into deep space.

The crew module will make stops during a trip from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The planned stops include Jan. 23-25 at Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City; Jan. 27-29 at Victory Park and the American Airlines Center in Dallas; and, Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. Engineers, program officials, astronauts and NASA spokespeople will be available to speak with the media and the public.

The full-scale test vehicle was used by ground crews in advance of the launch abort system flight test that took place in New Mexico in
2010.

Media interested in seeing the spacecraft or scheduling interviews should contact Dan Huot at daniel.g.huot@nasa.gov or by calling the newsroom at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston at 281-483-5111.

Orion will serve as the vehicle that takes astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit. The first orbital flight test is scheduled for 2014.

For more information on the each of the sites, visit: http://www.sciencemuseumok.org

http://www.americanairlinescenter.com/

http://www.ussrc.com/

To learn more about the Orion, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/orion

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