26 October 2018
Orion's service module ready to be shipped from Europe
..., USA where it will be put together with the rest of the Orion spacecraft. This is the first time that NASA will use a European-...controllers have also conducted tests to ensure that Orion can communicate successfully with mission control through NASA...
02 July 2019
Orion spacecraft's launch abort test completed successfully
...to astronaut missions to Mars. During the approximately three-minute test, called Ascent Abort-2, a test version of the Orion crew module launched at 7 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a modified...
30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
...two weeks at a time. 2016 was a busy year for Orion as critical systems such as avionics components and propulsion tubing were fitted...suits that are being developed for astronauts in Orion. Once completed, Orion will launch on NASA’s new heavy-lift ...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
..., and a partial but significant attenuation of the galactic cosmic ray environment during sleep and rest periods. Orion is also designed to function as a radiation shelter. An artist’s rendering of the Deimos Excursion Vehicle departing from the Mars...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... vehicle. Beginning with Block 1B and the EM-2 mission, a Universal Stage Adapter will allow a payload to fly with Orion with as much accommodation volume as the current industry-standard 5 m diameter fairing. The Block 1B configuration will also...
01 November 2019
Can Artemis deliver the payload it seeks from the Moon?
...kilograms,” he said. However, whether or not this payload can then be transferred to Earth in its entirety inside the Orion spacecraft is not so clear cut. In presentations by NASA officials at the annual meeting of the Lunar Exploration and Analysis...
