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Mandatory Ascent Abort System Launch Test Lies Ahead Before Orion’s First Crewed NASA SLS Blastoff

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Through a Glass, Darkly: Reflections on EFT-1 and Shadows of Apollo (Part 1)
Yesterday, a machine designed to carry humans beyond low-Earth orbit for the first time in more than four decades came screaming back through the atmosphere at more than 20,000 mph (32,000 km/h) and temperatures in excess of 2,200 degrees Celsius (4,000 degrees Fahrenheit), headed for a smooth, parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. NASA’s Orion […] More
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by Ben Evans December 6, 2014, 6:00 am
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Delta IV Heavy Successfully Delivers EFT-1 Orion on High-Apogee Maiden Voyage
After an agonizing 24-hour delay, the ground shook at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station today, with the rousing liftoff, just minutes after sunrise, of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Delta IV Heavy, the largest and most powerful rocket currently in active operational service, anywhere in the world. Liftoff took place at 7:05 a.m. EST Friday, from […] More
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by Ben Evans December 5, 2014, 7:56 pm
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The Future Starts Now? At T-1 Day and Counting, Orion Stands Ready for Thursday Launch
Despite the increasingly gloomy prospect of mostly cloudy skies over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with only a 60 percent probability of acceptable weather conditions, a 30 percent likelihood of rain, and a 10 percent chance of lightning, NASA and United Launch Alliance (ULA) stand ready to stage one of the most important missions for […] More
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by Ben Evans December 3, 2014, 9:00 am
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Orion and Dragon Parachute Systems Undergo Flight Tests in Preparation for Crewed Missions
Both NASA and Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, are wasting no time in moving forward with development and testing of the systems and hardware which will soon fly astronauts from American soil once again. Late last month SpaceX quietly, and successfully, carried out a parachute flight test with a 12,000 pound engineering test version of […] More
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by Mike Killian January 19, 2014, 3:55 pm
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Heat Shield for Orion EFT-1 Spacecraft Arrives at Kennedy for Installation
For nearly 18 months work has continued on NASA’s Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center, where the capsule is currently being constructed for its first flight test next year. The test, known as Exploration Flight Test 1, will put Orion in space on a flight profile which will help validate the spacecraft’s flight control system and […] More
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by Mike Killian December 7, 2013, 5:34 pm
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Final J-2X Test-Fire Conducted at A-1 Test Stand, NASA / Aerojet Rocketdyne Ready to Test RS-25
BAY ST. LOUIS, Ms — On Thursday, Sept. 5, NASA along with Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted a test firing of a J-2X rocket engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The hot-fire was conducted in order to test the engine for possible use in NASA’s new heavy-lift booster, the Space Launch System, or SLS. The test-firing of J-2X […] More
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by Scott Johnson September 8, 2013, 9:00 am
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Partnerships Make Missions Possible
A relationship that began more than 50 years ago between NASA and Textron Defense Systems continues today through the Orion Program, where the two are working together on a familiar project: a heat shield that will allow astronauts to safely return from deep-space missions. More
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by NASA September 8, 2013, 5:00 am
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Flashbacks to Apollo: Navy’s USS Arlington Recovers Orion Crew Module During Test
Sailors (and guests, courtesy of a NASA Social) got to experience a touch of Apollo’s golden days on Thursday, Aug. 15, as a strangely familiar sight bobbed in the water near Norfolk Naval Station’s Pier 12. On this day, NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, which is a 16-foot, four-person upgrade of the Apollo design, was […] More
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by Emily Carney August 16, 2013, 9:26 am
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Orion Parachute Failure Test Validates Design’s Abilities
NASA conducted a failure test of the Orion spacecraft’s parachute design at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona on Wednesday, July 24. The spacecraft was dropped out of a C-17 aircraft at 35,000 feet. The test was held to prove that Orion can be safely returned to Earth if one of the spacecraft’s […] More
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by Jason Rhian July 24, 2013, 4:39 pm
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Orion Fairing Test Encounters Problem
At first blush, the fairing of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) might not seem to be a vital piece of equipment; however, it is crucial. NASA is currently testing the fairing that will be used on the first flight of Orion, dubbed Exploration Flight Test 1, or “EFT-1,” which is currently slated to take […] More
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by Jason Rhian June 13, 2013, 2:32 pm
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Orion Spacecraft Cool Under Pressure
The Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has undergone extensive testing to prepare it for its first flight, currently scheduled to take place in September of next year. Tests to address new issues, as well as resolve old ones, have been taking place over the course of the past three weeks. More
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by Jason Rhian June 7, 2013, 8:00 am
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Aerojet Delivers Final Orion EFT-1 Crew Module Reaction Control System Pod Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 8, 2013 — Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that the final Crew Module Reaction Control System (CM RCS) pod assembly for NASA’s Orion spacecraft’s Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) has arrived at the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. More
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